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Cranial Nerve Functions
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
04/14/2011

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Olfactory
Definition
Carries afferent impulses associated with sense of smell
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Optic
Definition
Vision
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Oculomotor
Definition
Directs eyeball, iris, reflex response for light intensity
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Trochlear
Definition
Provides somatic motor fibers to superior oblique muscle (an extrinsic eye muscle)
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Trigeminal
Definition
Major sensory nerves of face, also controls of floor of mouth
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Abducens
Definition
Carries motor fibers to lateral rectus muscle of eye (?)
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Facial
Definition
Motor fibers for facial expression; lacrimal and salivary glands; taste receptors on ANTERIOR portion of tongue.
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Vestibulocochlear
Definition
Transmits impulses for sense of equilibrium; cochlear branch associated with hearing.
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Glossopharyngeal
Definition
Pharyngeal muscles; salivary glands; impulses from pharynx, tonsils, taste buds (posterior portion of tongue); pressure receptors of carotid artery
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Vagus
Definition
Motor fibers supply heart and smooth muscles of organs; transmits sensory impulses from viscera.
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Accessory
Definition
Motor fibers to sternocleidomastiod, trapezius, muscles of soft palate, pharynx, and larynx
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Hypoglossal
Definition
Carries motor fibers to muscles of tongue
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