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Summary of the Cranial Nerves

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Smell from olfactory epithelium   Olfactory (I)  
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Vision from Retina   Optic (II)  
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Cribiform Plate   Olfactory (I)  
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Optic Canal   Optic Nerve (II)  
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Superior Orbital fissure   Oculomotor (III)  
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Levator palpebrae superioris   Oculomotor (III)  
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Superior rectus, medial rectus, inferior rectus, inferior oblique   Oculomotor (III)  
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Parasympathetics to sphincter of the pupil, ciliary muscle of the eye   Oculomotor (III)  
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Superior oblique muscle   Trochlear (IV)  
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Superior orbital fissure   III, IV, V1, VI  
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Sensation from orbital structures, skin of forehead, scalp, upper eyelid, nasal cavity, part of external noe   Opthalmic (V1)  
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Sensation from skin of face over maxilla, upper lip, maxillary teeth and gums, maxillary sinuses, nasal cavity, palate, nasopharynx   Maxillary V2  
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Foramen rotundum   Maxillary V2  
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Foramen Ovale   Mandibular V3  
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Sensation from skin over mandible, lower lip, side of head, lower teeth and gums, TMJ, mucosa of mouth and anterior 2/3 of tongue   Mandibular V3  
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Muscles of mastication   Mandibular V3  
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Tensor tympani   Mandibular V3  
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Tensor veli palatini   Mandibular V3  
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mylohyoid muscle   Mandibular V3  
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anterior belly of the digastric   Mandibular V3  
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Internal acoustic meatus, stylomastoid foramen   Facial (VII)  
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Muscles of facial expression   Facial (VII)  
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Anterior two-thirds of tongue and palate (taste)   Facial (VII)  
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Portion of external ear (general sensory)   Facial (VII)  
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Portion of external ear   Facial (VII)  
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Submandibular, sublingual, and lingual salivary glands, lacrimal glands, glands of nose and palate   Facial (VII)  
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Position and movement of head from utricle, saccule, and semicircular ducts   Vestibulocochlear (VIII)  
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Hearing from cochlea   Vestibulocochlear (VIII)  
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Internal acoustic meatus (besides CN VII)   Vestibulocochlear (VIII)  
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Stylopharyngeus muscle   Glossopharyngeal (IX)  
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Parotid gland (parasympathetic supply)   Glossopharyngeal (IX)  
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Carotid body and carotid sinus (visceral sensory)   Glossopharyngeal (IX)  
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Taste from posterior 1/3 of tongue   Glossopharyngeal (IX)  
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Posterior 1/3 of tongue, oropharynx, auditory tube, middle ear (general sensory)   Glossopharyngeal (IX)  
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Muscles of the pharynx except stylopharyngeus muscles of palate except tensor of palate, all muscles of larynx, striated muscle in the upper 2/3 of the esophagus (branchial motor)   Vagus (X)  
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Smooth muscle and glands of thoracic viscera, foregut, and midgut of abdomen (parasympathetics)   Vagus (X)  
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Larynx, trachea, esophagus, thoracic viscera, foregut and midgut of abdomen, baroreceptors in aortic arch, chemoreceptors in aortic bodies (visceral sensory)   Vagus (X)  
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Taste from epiglottis and valleculae   Vagus (X)  
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Part of external ear, external acoustic meatus, external surface of tympanic membrane, laryngopharynx (general sensory)   Vagus (X)  
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Sternocleidomastoid and trapezius   Accessory (XI)  
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Intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the tongue except palatoglossus   Hypoglossal (XII)  
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Jugular foramen   Vagus (X), Accessory (XI), Glossopharyngeal (IX)  
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Hypoglossal canal   Hypoglossal (XII)  
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What ganglion supplies the visceral sensory to the organs of the thorax and abdomen?   The INFERIOR GANGLION of Vagus Nerve (X)  
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Where do the neurons that receive taste signal for the epiglottis and and the valleculae of the tongue reside?   The INFERIOR GANGLION of Vagus Nerve (X)  
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Where do the neurons that supply the general sensory to part of the external ear, external acoustic meatus, external surface of the tympanic membrane, and the laryngopharynx reside?   The SUPERIOR GANGLION of Vagus Nerve (X)  
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