Cranial Nerve name
Sensory/Motor/Fx
100

1(I)

Olfactory Nerve

100

I OLFACTORY

SENSORY = Sense of SMELL

200

2(II)

Optic Nerve

200

II OPTIC

SENSORY = VISION

300

3(III)

Oculomotor Nerve

300

3(III) OCULOMOTOR

MOTOR = Muscle of UPPER EYE

400

4(IV)

Trochlear Nerve

400

4(IV) TROCHLEAR

MOTOR = Superior Oblique EYE MUSCLE

500

5(V)

Trigeminal Nerve

500

5(V) TRIGEMINAL

-SENSORY/MOTOR-

Sensory = FACE, MOUTH, CORNEA

Motor = muscles of MASTICATION (chewing)

600

6(VI)

Abducens Nerve

600

6(VI) ABDUCENS

MOTOR = eye movements (ABduction/LATERAL movements)

700

7(VII)

Facial Nerve

700

7(VII) FACIAL

-SENSORY/MOTOR-

MOTOR = facial expression muscles

SENSORY = taste from Anterior tongue; and

                   Lacrimal/Salivary Glands

800

8(VIII)

Vestibulocochlear Nerve

800

8(VIII) VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR

SENSORY = hearing/sense of balance

900

9(IX)

Glossopharyngeal Nerve

900

9(IX) GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL

S/M

SENSORY = posterior tongue & pharynx; and

taste; and carotid baroceptors/chemoreceptors

MOTOR = salivary gland

1000

10(X)

Vagus Nerve

1100

11(XI)

Spinal Accessory Nerve

1200

12(XII)

Hypoglossal Nerve

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