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Cranial Nerves
All about cranial nerves
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Anatomy
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11/01/2006

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CN 1 - Olfactory
Definition
Attaches at the Temporal Cortex; Senses Olfaction; NO MOTOR AT ALL!!
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CN 2 - Optic
Definition
Attaches at the Thalamus, then Occipital Cortex; Senses vision; NO MOTOR AT ALL!!
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CN 8 - Vestibulocochlear
Definition
Attaches at the Junction of Pons & Medulla Oblongata; Senses Hearing & Balance; NO MOTOR AT ALL!!
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CN 3 - Oculomotor
Definition
Attaches at the Midbrain; SOMATIC MOTOR for Extrinsic Eye Muscles
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CN 4 - Trochlear
Definition
Attaches at the Midbrain; SOMATIC MOTOR for Extrinsic Eye Muscles
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CN 6 - Abducens
Definition
Attaches at the Pons; SOMATIC MOTOR for Extrinsic Eye Muscles
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CN 11 - Accessory
Definition
Attaches at the Medulla Oblongata; SOMATIC MOTOR for the Trapezius and the Sternocleidmastoid
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CN 12 - Hypoglossal
Definition
Attaches at the Medulla Oblongata; SOMATIC MOTOR for the Tongue Muscles
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CN 5 - Trigeminal
Definition
Attaches at the Pons; Senses the Face, Oral Cavity, Anterior 2/3 of Tongue; SOMATIC MOTOR for Chewwing Muscles.
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CN 7 - Facial
Definition
Attaches at the Pons; Senses Taste from anterior 2/3 of Tongue; SOMATIC MOTOR for Muscles of Facial Expression; PARASYMPATHETIC MOTOR for Lacrimal Gland and 2 Salivary Glands
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CN 9 - Glossopharyngeal
Definition
Attaches at the Medulla Oblongata; Senses General Sensory and Taste from Posterior 1/3 of Tongue; SOMATIC MOTOR for Stylopharyngeus; PARASYMPATHETIC MOTOR for the Parotid Salivary Gland
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CN 10 - Vagus
Definition
Attaches at the Medulla Oblongata; Senses General Sensory: the Pharynx, Ear Canal Visceral Sensory: Most of Thoracoabdominal Viscera; SOMATIC MOTOR for the Larynx & Pharynx muscles; PARASYMPATHETIC MOTOR for the Thoracoabdominal Viscera through 2/3 of Intestines.
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