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12CRANIAL NERVES
Term | Definition |
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Olfactory 1 | sensory nerve that contributes in the sense of smell in human being. 1 |
Optic nerve 2 | 2 sensory nerve that transforms information about vision to the brain which supplies information to the retina in the form of ganglion cells. |
Oculomoter nerve 3 | 3 motor nerve that supplies to different centers along midbrain.functions include superiorly uplifting eyelid, superiorly rotating eyeball, construction of pupil on the exposure to light and operating several eye muscles. |
Trochlear 4 | 4 function of handling the eye muscles and turning the eye. |
Trigeminal 5 | 5 largest cranial nerve sensory functions related to nose, eyes, tongue and teeth. It basically is further divided in three branches that are ophthalmic, maxillary and mandibular nerve |
Abducent 6 | 6 motor nerve that supplies to the pons and perform function of turning eye laterally. |
Facial 7 | 7 responsible for different types of facial expressions. |
Vestibulocochlear 8 | 8 balance of head and sense of sound or hearing |
Glossopharyngeal 9 | 9 The information sent is about temperature, pressure and other related facts. |
Vagus 10 | 10 It works by constricting muscles of the above areas tasting ability of the human being |
Spinal accessory nerve 11 | 11 supplies information about spinal cord, trapezius and other surrounding muscles provides muscle movement of the shoulders and surrounding neck. |
Hypoglossal nerve 12 | 12 typical motor nerve that deals with the muscles of tongue. |