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dushstack week 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Olfactory nerve | Carries impulses for the sense fo smell toward the brain. |
| Optic nerve | Carries visual impulses from the eye to the brain. |
| Oculomotor nerve | Controls contraction of eye muscles. |
| Trochlear nerve | Supplies one eyeball muscle. |
| Trigeminal nerve | Carries sensory impuleses from eye, upper jaw, and lower jaw toward the brain. |
| Abducens nerve | Controls an eyeball muscle. |
| Facial nerve | Controls muscles of facial expression; carries sensation of taste, stimulates small salivary glands and lacrimal (tear) gland. |
| Vestibulocochlear nerve | Carries sensory impulses for hearing and equilibrium from the inner ear toward the brain. |
| Glossopharyngeal nerve | Carries sensory impulses from tongue and pharynx (throat); controls swallowing muscles and stimulates teh parotid salivary gland. |
| Vagus nerve | Supplies most of the organs in the thoracic and abdominal cavities; carries motor impulses to the larynx (voice box) and pharynx. |
| Accessory nerve | Controls muscles in the neck and larynx. |
| Hypoglossal nerve | Controls muscles of the tongue. |