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Craniofacial Nerves
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09/17/2007
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Cranial nerve 1
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[image] olfactory purely sensory smell
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Cranial nerve 2
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[image] optic purely sensory vision
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Cranial nerve 3
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[image] oculomotor purely motor carry parasympathetic fibers of ANS eyelid and eyeball movement
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Cranial nerve 4
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[image] trochlear mixed motor and sensory innervates superior oblique turns eye downward and laterally
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Cranial nerve 5
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[image] trigeminal mixed motor and sensory chewing, face and mouth, touch and pain
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Cranial nerve 6
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[image] abducens purely motor turns eye laterally
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Cranial nerve 7
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[image] facial mixed sensory and motor controls most facial expressions secretion of tears & saliva taste
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Cranial nerve 8
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[image] purely sensory vestibulocochlear (auditory) hearing, equilibrium sensation
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Cranial nerve 9
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[image] glossopharyngeal mixed motor and sensory taste, senses carotid blood pressure carry parasympathetic fibers of ANS
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Cranial nerve 10
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[image] Vagus mixed motor and sensory carry parasympathetic fibers of ANS senses aortic blood pressure slows heart rate stimulates digestive organs taste
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Cranial nerve 11
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[image] spinal accessory controls trapezius & sternocleidomastoid controls swallowing movements
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Cranial nerve 12
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[image] hypoglossal controls tongue movements
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