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Cranial Nerves

Cranial Nerve Names and Functions!

TermDefinition
CN I (1) Olfactory- Sensory; smell
CN II (1) Optic- Sensory; vision
CN III (6) Oculomotor - Motor; controls four of the six eye muscles (inferior oblique, superior rectus, inferior rectus, and medial rectus), causes pupils to constrict, and adjust lens (accomodation) for close vision (parasympathetic fibers)
CN IV (1) Trochlear - Motor; controls superior oblique eye muscle
CN V (4) Trigeminal - Both; general sensory nerves to the face for touch, temperature, pain; motor to muscles of mastication.
CN VI (1) Abducens - Motor; controls lateral rectus eye muscle
CN VII (4) Facial - Both; main motor nerve to the face controlling muscles of facial expression, control salivary gland, control lacrimal glands (both parasympathetic fibers); tase from the anterior two-thirds of the toungue.
CN VIII (2) Vestibulochochlear - Sensory; transmits information about equalibrium and sound
CN IX (5) Glossopharygeal - Both; controls some muscles involved in swallowing, saliva from parotid gland (parasympathetic fibers); taste and general sensory infromation from pharynx and posterior tongue, sensory from chemoreceptors in carotid arteries, sensory BP.
CN X (10) Vagus- Both; controls some muscles involved in swallowing, controls vocal cords;motor to heart,lungs,abdominal visera to regulate heart rate,breathing,and digestive activity(PSF);sensory from throacic and abdominal visera; taste from epiglottis
CN XI (2) Accessory - Motor; controls trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles "Spinal Accessory Nerve"/
CN XII (1) Hypoglossal - Motor; controls toungue.
 

 



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