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Olfactory
(I) Lots of tiny neurones, synapses with sensory neurones in nose
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Optic
(II) Visual information from the retina
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Occulomotor
(III) Move the eyeballs by innervating muscles.
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Trochlear
(IV) Move the eyeballs by innervating muscles.
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Abducens
(V) Move the eyeballs by innervating muscles.
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Trigeminal
(VI) Sensation from head/face. Motor control of chewing
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Facial
(VII) Motor control of face, taste front 2/3 of tounge, salivation and tears
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Vestibulocochlear
- (VIII)
- Vestibular - Vestibules and Semicircular Canal
- Cochlear - Cochlear
- Senses hearing and balance
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Glossopharyngeal
(IX) Swallowing, salivation, taste (back 1/3) of tounge, sensation of soft palate and pharynx, blood pressure and dissolved bloode gas conc.
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Vagus
(X) Travels widely, motor control of diaphragm, pharynx, gut. Sensation from respiratory tract, gut, heart
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Accessory
(XI) Motor control of head and neck
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Hypoglossal
(XII) Motor control of tongue movements
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