| Name |
Foramen of Exit |
function |
Nuclie & Ganglion |
CN |
| Olfactory | Cribriform Plate | sensory- smell | (blank) | I |
| Optic | Optic Canal | sensory- vision | (blank) | II |
| Oculomotor | Superior Orbital Fissure | Motor- eye muscles except LR6 & SO4 | Edinger Westphal | III |
| Trochlear | Superior Orbital Fissure | Motor- superior oblique | (blank) | IV |
| Trigeminal | Superior Orbital Fissure | Sensory- face & tongue Motor- Mastication | Gasserian Semilunar | V |
| Abducens | Superior Orbital Fissure | Motor- lateral rectus | (blank) | VI |
| Facial | Internal Auditory meatus exits thru styloid mastoid | sensory- anterior 2/3 taste motor- facial expression | Superior Salvatory | VII |
| Vestibular Cochlear | Internal Auditory meatus | sensory- balance & hearing | vestibular ganglion of scarpa | VIII |
| Glossopharyngeal | Jugular foramen | sensory- posterior 1/3 taste motor- secretion of parotid | nucleus ambiguous | IX |
| Vagus | Jugular foramen | sensory- taste epiglottis motor- pharynx & larynx | Dorsal Motor Nuclues | X |
| Accessory | Jugular Foramen | Motor- SCM & Trapezius | Nucleus Ambiguous | XI |
| Hypoglossal | Hypoglossal canal | motor- tongue | Hypoglossal | XII |
| Largest CN | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | V |
| posterior exit & smallest CN | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | IV |
| Middle meningeal artery | foramen spinosum | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| Internal carotid artery | foramen lacerum | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
