Cranial Nerves
1=Type of Nerve
2=Location
3=Function

Olfactory

  1. Sensory Nerve
  2. Nose
  3. Sense of Smell

Optic
  1. Sensory Nerve
  2. Retina of Eye
  3. Sense of Light

Oculomotor
  1. Motor Nerve
  2. Muscles of Eye
  3. Controls Eye Movement

Trochlear
  1. Motor Nerve
  2. Obliquus Superioris Muscle of Eye
  3. Rotates Eyeball Downward and Outward

Trigeminal or Trifacial
  1. Motor and Sensory Nerve
  2. Face, Teeth, and Tongue
  3. Controls Sensation of the Face and Movements of the Jaw and Tongue

Abducent
  1. Motor Nerve
  2. Recti Muscles of Eye
  3. Rotates Eyeball Outward

Facial
  1. Motor and Sensory Nerve
  2. Face and Neck
  3. Controls Facial Muscles of Expression and some muscles of the Neck and
    Ear

Acoustic or Auditory
  1. Sensory Nerve
  2. Ear
  3. Sense of Hearing

Glossopharyngeal
  1. Motor and Sensory Nerve
  2. Tongue and Pharynx
  3. Sense of Taste

Vagus or Pneumogastric
  1. Motor and Sensory
  2. Pharynx, Larynx, Heart, Lungs, and Digestive
  3. Controls Sensations and Muscular Movements Relating to Talking, Heart
    Action, Breathing, and Digestion

Spinal Accessory
  1. Motor Nerve
  2. Shoulder
  3. Controls Movement of Neck Muscles

Hypoglossal
  1. Motor Nerve
  2. Tongue and Neck
  3. Controls Movement of the Tongue
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