12 cranial nerves

  1. Responsible for sense of smell
    Olfactory Nerve

    CN: 1
  2. Sense of sight
    Plays a role in vision
    Optic Nerve

    cn:2
  3. • Movement of eyeball
    • Constriction of pupil for bright light or near vision
    • Oculomotor Nerve
    • CN: 3
  4. Movement of eyeball
    • Trochlear
    • 4
  5. Sensation in face, scalp, and teeth
    Contraction of chewing muscles
    • Trigeminal
    • 5

    Performs a wide variety of functions, including chewing and facial sensation.
  6. Movement of eyeball
    • Abducens
    • 6

    Involved in eye movement
  7. • Sense of taste
    • Contraction of facial muscles
    • Secretion of saliva
    • Facial
    • 7
  8. • Sense of hearing
    • Sense of equilibrium
    • Vestibulocochlear
    • 8
  9. • Sense of taste
    • Secretion of saliva
    • Sensory input for cardiac, respiratory, and blood pressure reflexes
    • Contraction of pharynx
    Glossopharyngeal

    • Responsible for controlling saliva, taste, and swallowing
    • 9
  10. • Sensory input in cardiac, respiratory, and blood pressure reflexes
    • Sensory and motor input to larynx (speaking)
    • Decreased heart rate
    • Contraction of alimentary tube (peristalsis)
    • Increased digestive secretions
    • Vagus
    • Plays a role in the motion of the lungs, throat, heart and digestive system
    • 10
  11. • Contraction of neck and shoulder muscles
    Motor input to larynx (speaking)
    • Accessory
    • 11
  12. • Movement of the tongue
    Controls speech, tongue, and swallowing
    • Hypoglossal
    • 12
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12 cranial nerves
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12 cranial nerves
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