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Cranial Nerves
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Olfactory (CN 1) | smell |
| Optic (CN II) | vision |
| Oculomotor (CN III) | muscles in eyes, (works with CN IV and V) pupil dilation |
| Trochlear (CN IV) | Oblique and inferior gaze |
| Trigeminal (CN V) | facial sensation, forehead/scalp, lip, anterior tongue, chewing |
| Abducens (CN VI) | Lateral gaze |
| Facial (CN VII) | facial expression |
| Vestibulocochlear (CN VIII) | hearing, sensation for semicircular canals |
| Glossopharyngeal (CN IX) | swallowing, taste from posterior tongue |
| Vagus (X) "wandering nerve" | motor to pharynx, larynx, palate. parasympathetic to digestive tract, trachea, bronchi |
| Spinal Accessory (XI) | motor to trapezius and sternocleidomastoid |
| Hypoglossal (XII) | motor to muscles of tongue |