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Nerves
Cranial
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cranial Nerve l | Olfactory |
| oldfactory | transmits sensory impulses for smell |
| Nerve ll | Optic Nerve |
| optic | transmits impulses for sight |
| Nerve lll | Oculomotor |
| oculomotor | impulses for eye movement |
| lV | trochlear nerve |
| trochlear | eye movement and eye muscle sensations |
| nerve V | Trigeminal Nerve |
| trigeminal nerve | transmits mastication and facial sensations |
| Vl Nerve | abducens |
| abducens | impulses for eye movement |
| Vll | facial nerve |
| Facial Nerve | transmits to scalp, forehead, eyelids, cheek, jaw |
| Vlll | acoustic |
| acoustic | transmits impulses for hearing and balance |
| Nerve lX | glossopharyngeal |
| glossopharyngeal | tongue and neck movement, taste |
| X | vagus nerve |
| vagus nerve | impulses for speech and swallowing. thoracic and abdominal organs |
| Xl nerve | spinal accessory nerve |
| spinal accessory nerve | head and shoulder movement, speech and swallowing |
| Xll | Hypoglossal Nerve |
| Hypoglossal Nerve | impulses necessary for swallowing and tongue movement |