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cranial nerve
cranial nerves
number | name | type | function |
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I | olfactory | sensory | smell |
II | optic | sensory | vision |
III | oculomotor | motor | muscles of the eye |
IV | trochlear | motor | muscles of the eye |
V | trigeminal | mixed | sensory: face area, motor: chewing muscles |
VI | abducens | motor | muscles of the eye |
VII | facial | mixed | sensory: tongue area, motor: muscles of the face |
VIII | vestibulocochlear (auditory) | sensory | hearing |
IX | glossopharyngeal | mixed | sensory:tongue, pharynx, middle ear, motor: mucles of the pharynx |
X | vagus | mixed | sensory: heart, lungs, GI tract, ear, motor: heart, lungs, GI tract |
XI | spinal accessory | motor | sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles |
XII | hypoglossal | motor | muscles of the tongue |