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NPTE Neuro 5
Cranial Nerves
| Nerve | Afferent/Efferent Function |
|---|---|
| Olfactory | Afferent: Smell |
| Optic | Afferent: Sight |
| Oculomotor | Efferent: Voluntary motor, levor of eyelid, superior, medial and inferior recti, inferior oblique muscle of eyeball. Autonomic: smooth muscle of eyeball |
| Trochlear | Efferent: Voluntary: Superior oblique muscle of eyeball |
| Trigeminal | Afferent: Touch, pain: Skin of face, mucous membranes of nose sinuses, mouth, anterior tounge Efferent: Voluntary muscles of mastication |
| Abducens | Efferent: Lateral rectus muscle of eyeball |
| Facial | Afferent: Taste:Anterior tounge Efferent: Voluntary: Facial Muscles. Autonomic: lacrimal, submandibular, and sublingual glands |
| Vestibulocochlear | Afferent: Hearing and balance (ear) |
| Glossopharyngeal | Afferent: Touch and pain of posterior tongue and pharynx. Taste of posterior tongue Efferent: Voluntary pharynx muscle. Autonomic parotid gland |
| Vagus | Afferent: Touch and pain of pharynx, larynx and bronchi. Taste: Tongue and epiglottis Efferent: Volutnary palate, pharynx and larynx. Autonomic: thoracic and abdominal viscera |
| Accessory | Efferent: Voluntary SCM and trap |
| Hypoglossal | Efferent: Voluntary motor muscles of tongue |