Flashcards in Cranial Nerves Deck (13)
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Terminalis Nerve
Special Somatic Sensory
Chemosensory - reproductive pheromones
2
I
Olfactory Nerve
Special Somatic Sensory
Olfactory Epithelium
3
II
Optic Nerve
Special Somatic Sensory
Eye
4
III
Oculomotor Nerve
Somatic Motor (Visceral Motor [autonomic] to ciliary and iris muscles)
Innervates Medial Rectus, Dorsal (Superior) Rectus, Ventral (Inferior) Rectus, and Ventral (Inferior) Oblique
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IV
Trochlear Nerve
Somatic Motor
Innervates Dorsal (Superior) Oblique
6
V
Trigeminal Nerve *
Somatic Sensory from head
Motor: Jaw muscles
7
VI
Abducens Nerve
Somatic Motor
Innervates Lateral (Posterior) Rectus
8
VII
Facial Nerve *
Sensory and Motor
Face
9
VIII
Vestibulocochlear (Statoacoustic) Nerve
Special Somatic Sensory
Vestibular apparatus and auditory ear
10
IX
Glossopharyngeal Nerve *
Mainly Sensory
Tongue and pharynx
11
X
Vagus Nerve *
Sensory and Motor
Runs back to viscera
12
XI
Spinal Accessory Nerve * (Amniotes only)
Sensory and Motor
Accessory to X
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