Name that nerve
What controls smell?
Cranial Nerve I (olfactory)
Controls lateral rectus
cn 6 (abducens)
This nerve carries general sensory from anterior 2/3 of tongue (NOT taste)
CN V (5)
This cranial nerve passes through the cribriform plate
olfactory
Patient has double vision and eye cannot abduct
CN VI (abducens)
This cranial nerve provides BOTH facial sensation AND motor to mastication
CN 5
Controls superior oblique
Cn 4 (trochlear)
This nerve controls muscles of facial expression AND taste anterior 2/3
CN VII
These cranial nerves pass through the superior orbital fissure
CN III, IV, V1, VI
Patient has facial droop and cannot close eye
CN VII (facial)
This cranial nerve provides BOTH taste AND motor to facial expression
CN 7 (facial)
Controls MOST eye muscles
Cn 3 (oculomotor)
This nerve controls hearing AND equilibrium
CN VIII (vestibulocochlear)
This cranial nerve passes through the optic canal
CN II (optic)
Patient cannot smell
CN I (olfactory)
This cranial nerve provides BOTH taste AND motor to a pharyngeal muscle
CN 9 (glossopharyngeal)
Elevates the eyelid
Levator palpebrae superioris
This nerve controls pharynx, larynx, AND parasympathetic to organs
CN 10
This cranial nerve passes through the foramen ovale
CN V3 (mandibular)
Patient’s tongue deviates when protruded
CN XII (hypoglossal)
This cranial nerve provides BOTH motor to viscera AND parasympathetic output
CN 10 (vagus)
Damage to this nerve causes difficulty looking down while eye is adducted
Cn 4 (trochlear)
This nerve provides general sensory to the face AND anterior tongue (touch only)
cn 5 trigeminal
This cranial nerve passes through the jugular foramen AND carries parasympathetic fibers
CN X (vagus)
Loss of facial sensation but chewing still works
CN V sensory component (opthalamic)