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Cranial Nerves
Sensory and Somatic Functions of Cranial Nerves
Term | Definition |
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I (olfactory) | Sensory Function: Olfaction (smell) Somatic Motor Function: None Parasympathetic Motor Function: None |
II (optic) | Sensory Function: Vision Somatic Motor Function: None Parasympathetic Motor Function: None |
III (oculomotor) | Sensory Function: None Somatic Motor Function: Four extrinsic eye muscles (medial rectus, superior rectus, inferior rectus, inferior oblique); levator palpebrae superioris muscle (elevates eyelid) |
III (oculomotor) | Parasympathetic Motor Function: Innervates sphincter pupillae muscle in eye to make pupil constrict; contracts ciliary muscles to make lens of eye more rounded (for near vision). |
IV (trochlear) | Sensory Function: None Somatic Motor Function: Superior oblique eye muscle Parasympathetic Function: None |