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Cranial nerve Function
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Anatomy
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11/07/2023

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Term
Motor - muscles of neck & upper back
(Sternocleidomastoid & trapezius muscles)
Definition
Accessory Nerves (XI)
Term
Motor-tongue movements
Definition
Hypoglossal Nerves (XII)
Term
Mixed (sensory & motor)
-Widely distributed in thorax & abdomen

-responsible for the regulation of internal organ functions, such as digestion, heart rate, and respiratory rate, as well as vasomotor activity, and certain reflex actions, such as coughing, sneezing, swallowing, and vomiting

(longest Cranial nerve)
Definition
Vagus Nerves (X)
Term
supplies almost every organ in the body with motor parasympathetic fibers.
Definition
Vagus Nerves (X)
Term
Mixed (sensory & motor)
-Sensory: Posterior 1/3 of tongue, Part of pharynx & palate, & Carotid arteries

-Somatic motor to nerves involved in swallowing

-Visceral motor to Parotid salivary gland
Definition
Glossopharyngeal Nerves (IX)
Term
Special sensory
Hearing, Balance, & equilibrium
Definition
Vestibulocochlear Nerves (VIII)
Term
Mixed (sensory & motor) to face
-Sensory: Taste receptors on anterior 2/3 of tongue

-Somatic motor: to muscles of facial expression

-Visceral motor: to tear & nasal mucous glands & submandibular & sublingual salivary glands
Definition
Facial Nerves (VII)
Term
Mixed (sensory & motor)
-ophthalmic branch (sensory)
which includes orbital structures, nasal cavity, skin of forehead, upper eyelid, & eyebrow, & part of nose

-Maxillary branch (sensory)
which includes lower eyelid, upper lip, gums, & teeth
Cheek & nose
Palate & part of pharynx

-Mandibular branch (Motor):
to muscles of mastication
Definition
Trigeminal Nerves (V)
Term
Motor:
Eye movement (Superior Oblique Muscle)
Definition
Trochlear Nerves (IV)
Term
Motor:
Eye movement (Lateral Rectus Muscle)
Definition
Abducens Nerves (VI)
Term
Motor (eye movements)
-Somatic motor : controls four of six eye-movement muscles

-Visceral motor: intrinsic eye muscles
Definition
Oculomotor Nerves (III)
Term
Special sensory (vision)
Definition
Optic Nerves (II)
Term
Special sensory (smell)
Definition
Olfactory Nerves (I)
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