Cranial Nerves
The 7th cranial nerve controls facial expressions.
What is the Facial Nerve (CN VII)?
Nerve affecting the forehead and eyebrow area.
What is the Supraorbital nerve?
Nerves originating from the spinal cord in the neck area.
What are Cervical nerves?
The nerve that affects the little-finger side of the arm and hand.
What is the Ulnar nerve?
The 5th cranial nerve (also called Trifacial).
What is the Trigeminal/Trifacial Nerve (CN V)?
Nerve affecting the skin of the lower eyelid, side of the nose, and upper lip.
What is the Infraorbital nerve?
Nerve affecting the scalp as far up as the top of the head.
What is the Greater Occipital nerve?
The nerve that affects the thumb side of the arm and the back of the hand.
What is the Radial nerve?
The 11th cranial nerve controls neck and shoulder movements.
What is the Accessory Nerve (CN XI)?
Nerve affecting the skin of the lower lip and chin.
What is the Mental nerve?
Branch of the cervical nerve that affects the side of the neck and platysma muscle.
What is the Cervical nerve (or Cervical branch)?
The nerve that supplies the arm and hand with impulses.
What is the Median nerve?
he nerve associated with sudden blood pressure drops (the “fainting” nerve).
What is the Vagus Nerve (CN X)?
Nerve affecting the side of the forehead and temple area.
What is the Temporal nerve?
Nerve affecting the back of the head up to the crown.
What is the Smaller Occipital (Lesser Occipital) nerve?
The main sensory nerve of the arm and hand.
What is the Digital nerve?