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Cranial Nerves
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Olfactory | I: Smell- Sensory |
| Optic | II: Vision - Sensory |
| Oculomotor | III: Raise eyelids and focus - Motor |
| Trochlear | IV: Movement of eyes - Motor |
| Trigeminal | V: Somatosensory information (touch, pain) from the face and head; muscles for chewing.- Mixed |
| Abducens | VI: Eye movement - Motor |
| Facial | VII: Taste (anterior 2/3 of tongue); somatosensory information from ear; controls muscles used in facial expression. - Mixed |
| Vestibulocochlear | VIII: Hearing & equilibrium - Sensory |
| Glossopharyngeal | IX: Taste (posterior 1/3 of tongue); Somatosensory information from tongue, tonsil, pharynx; controls some muscles used in swallowing. - Mixed |
| Vagus | X: Sensory, motor and autonomic functions of viscera (glands, digestion, heart rate) - Mixed |
| Accessory | XI: Controls muscles used in head movement. - Motor |
| Hypoglossal | XII: Controls movement of the tongue - motor |