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Cranial Nerves
Term | Definition |
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olfactory | sensory; handles sense of smell |
optic | sensory; carries impulses for vision |
oculomotor | motor; controls 4/6 muscles that controls the eye |
trochlear | motor; controls one of the eye muscles |
trigeminal | both sensory: sensation of the skin motor: chewing muscles |
abducens | motor; controls the 6th eye muscle |
facial | both motor: facial expressions/ activates tears and saliva glands sensory: taste buds |
vestibulocochlear | sensory; balance (vestibular) & hearing (cochlear) |
glossopharyngeal | both motor: pharynx (swallowing/ saliva production) sensory: taste buds |
vagus | both; from the upper and lower throats and motor and sensory for abdominal organs |
accessory | motor; activates the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles (neck muscles) |
hypoglossal | both; controls tongue movement |