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Cranial Nerves
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Anatomy
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02/15/2010

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Term
Olfactory
Nerve I
Definition
Afferent - smell
Efferent - none
Term
Optic
Nerve II
Definition
Afferent - vision
Efferent - none
Term
Oculomotor
Nerve III
Definition
Afferent - none
Efferent - voluntary control of eyelids (elevation)
Superior/medial/inferior recti & oblique muscles
autonomic pupillary rxn
Term
Trochlear
Nerve IV
Definition
Afferent - none
Efferent - voluntary motor control superior oblique
Term
Trigeminal
Nerve V
Definition
Afferent - touch, pain of skin on face
Touch pain to mucous membrane of nose & sinuses
Touch pain to mouth, anterior tongue
Efferent - Muscles of mastication
Corneal reflex
Jaw reflex
Term
Abducens
Nerve VI
Definition
Afferent - none
Efferent - voluntary motor lateral rectus
Term
Facial
Nerve VII
Definition
Afferent - taste of anterior tongue
Efferent - voluntary facial muscles
autonomic lachrymal, submandibular, sublingual glands.
Term
Vestibularcochlear (auditory)
Nerve VIII
Definition
Afferent - hearing, balance
Efferent - none
Term
Glossopharyngeal
Nerve IX
Definition
Afferent -
Efferent - Swallow, uvular elevation
Term
Vagus
Nerve X
Definition
Afferent - touch pain of pharynx, larynx. bronchi.
taste posterior tongue
target organs, glands of pharnx larynx, lungs, esophagus, heart, stomach, colon, pancreas.
Efferent - Voluntary motor muscles of palate, pharynx, larynx.
Autonomic thoracic & abdominal viscera
Term
Spinal Accessory
Nerve XI
Definition
Afferent - none
Efferent - Voluntary motor response of SCM and upper traps.
Term
Hypoglossal
Nerve XII
Definition
Afferent - none
Efferent - Voluntary motor muscles of tongue.
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