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Cranial Nerves

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What is the name of the 1st cranial nerve?   Olfactory  
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What is the name of the 2nd cranial nerve?   Optic  
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What is the name of the 3rd cranial nerve?   Oculomotor  
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What is the name of the 4th cranial nerve?   Trochlear  
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What is the name of the 5th cranial nerve?   Trigeminal  
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What is the name of the 6th cranial nerve?   Abducens  
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What is the name of the 7th cranial nerve?   Facial  
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What is the name of the 8th cranial nerve?   Vestibulocochlear (Acoustic)  
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What is the name if the 9th cranial nerve?   Glossopharyngeal  
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What is the name of the 10th cranial nerve?   Vagus  
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What is the name of the 11th cranial nerve?   Spinal Accessory  
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What is the name of the 12th cranial nerve?   Hypoglossal  
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What does the 1st cranial nerve control?   smell--sensory (olfactory nerve)  
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What does the 2nd cranial nerve control?   sight--sensory (optic nerve)  
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What does the 3rd cranial nerve control?   eye movement upward and outward, pupil constriction/dilation--motor (oculomotor nerve)  
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What does the 4th cranial nerve control?   eye movement downward and inward--motor (trochlear nerve)  
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What does the 5th cranial nerve control?   senses pain, temperature, touch to face, chewing--motor & sensory (trigeminal nerve)  
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What does the 6th cranial nerve control?   lateral gaze--motor (Abducens)  
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What does the 7th cranial nerve control?   facial muscle movement, anterior 2/3 of tongue, taste, palate movement--motor & sensory (Facial nerve)  
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What does the 8th cranial nerve control?   hearing and balance--sensory (Vestibulocochlear nerve)  
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What does the 9th cranial nerve control?   swallowing, posterior tongue, movement of pharynx and larynx--motor & sensory (Glossopharyngeal nerve)  
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What does the 10th cranial nerve control?   Parasympathetic input from the next, thorax, and abdomen; some pharynx and larynx control--motor & sensory (Vagus nerve)  
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What does the 11th cranial nerve control?   Sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscle movement [shoulder movement], some pharynx and larynx movement--motor (Spinal accessory nerve)  
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What does the 12th cranial nerve control?   tongue movement--motor (Hypoglossal nerve)  
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Where do the 3nd-4th cranial nerves originate?   Midbrain  
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Where do the 5th-8th cranial nerves originate?   Pons  
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Where do the 9th-12th cranial nerves originate?   Medulla  
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Where do the 1st and 2nd cranial nerves originate?   cerebral cortex  
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