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Cranial nerves

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trochlear
movement nerve; move eye up and down
optic
sensory nerve; acuity, visual fields
spinal accessory
cn XI
vagus
a sensory and movement nerve; sensory control for GI viscera, heart, lungs, aortic bodies; motor for palate, pharynx, larynx, thoracic, and abdominal organs
acoustic
a sensory nerve; cochlear function and vestibular function
abducens
movement nerve; neuromuscular and lateral extraocular eye movement
facial
both sensory and movement nerves; moves facial muscles and taste of anterior 2/3 of tongue
vagus
cn X
glossopharyngeal
a sensory and movement nerve; motor control of the posterior 1/3 of tongue, middle ear, and eustachian tube
oculomotor
cn III
trochlear
cn IV
hypoglossal
cn XII
olfactory
sensory nerve; smell
abducens
cn VI
hypoglossal
a movement nerve; motor for tongue
trigeminal
sensory both sensory and movement nerve; opthalmic, maxillary, and mandibular, divisions, mastication and senses on face
spinal accessory
a movement nerve; motor control for sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles
glossopharyngeal
cn IX
olfactory
cn I
trigeminal
cn V
facial
cn VII
oculomotor
movement nerve; pupillary constriction, eyelids
acoustic
cn VIII
optic
cn II

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