Cranial nerves!

You should know for each nerve:!

1-Roman number!
2-Name!
3-Type (sensory, motor, mixed)!
4-Innervation (function)!

Roman
Number

Name

Type

Innervation

CNI

Olfactory nerve

Sensory

Smell

CNII

Optic nerve

Sensory

Vision

CNIII

Oculomotor nerve motor

4 extrinsic eye muscle

2 intrinsic eye muscle
(eye ball movement)

CN IV

Trochlear nerve

motor

1 extrinsic eye muscle

(eye ball movement)

CN VI

Abducens nerve

motor

1 extrinsic eye muscle

1 intrinsic eye muscle
(eye ball movement)

CNV

Trigeminal nerve

mixed

Sensory:
3 branching nerves
Opthalmic(forehead, eye,
upper nasal cavity)
Maxillary(lower nasal cavity,
upper teeth)
Mandibular (lower teeth)
Motor:
Masticator muscle eg.
Temporalis, masseter

CN VII

Facial Nerve

mixed

Sensory: anterior2/3 tongues

taste buds
Motor: facial muscles, facial
expression

CN VIII

Vestibulocochlear sensory
nerve

Vestibular branch: equilibrium

Cochlear branch: hearing

CNIX

Glossopharyngea mixed
lN

Sensory:posterior 1/3
tongues taste buds
Motor:parotid gland secretion

CNX

Vagus

mixed

Viscera: heart, stomach,

intestine

CN XI

Accessory N

motor

Controls Muscles of soft

palate and pharynx
Control your head moving
muscles eg.
Sternocleidomastoid,
trapezius

CN XII

Hypoglossal N

Motor

Tongue moving muscle