Cranial Nerves
1=Type of Nerve
2=Location
3=Function
Olfactory
-
Sensory Nerve
-
Nose
-
Sense of Smell
Optic
- Sensory Nerve
- Retina of Eye
- Sense of Light
Oculomotor
- Motor Nerve
- Muscles of Eye
- Controls Eye Movement
Trochlear
- Motor Nerve
- Obliquus Superioris Muscle of Eye
- Rotates Eyeball Downward and Outward
Trigeminal or Trifacial
- Motor and Sensory Nerve
- Face, Teeth, and Tongue
- Controls Sensation of the Face and Movements of the Jaw and Tongue
Abducent
- Motor Nerve
- Recti Muscles of Eye
- Rotates Eyeball Outward
Facial
- Motor and Sensory Nerve
- Face and Neck
- Controls Facial Muscles of Expression and some muscles of the Neck and
Ear
Acoustic or Auditory
- Sensory Nerve
- Ear
- Sense of Hearing
Glossopharyngeal
- Motor and Sensory Nerve
- Tongue and Pharynx
- Sense of Taste
Vagus or Pneumogastric
- Motor and Sensory
- Pharynx, Larynx, Heart, Lungs, and Digestive
- Controls Sensations and Muscular Movements Relating to Talking, Heart
Action, Breathing, and Digestion
Spinal Accessory
- Motor Nerve
- Shoulder
- Controls Movement of Neck Muscles
Hypoglossal
- Motor Nerve
- Tongue and Neck
- Controls Movement of the Tongue
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