Name that nerve
Eye muscles
Function
skull openings
symptoms
100

What controls smell?

Cranial Nerve I (olfactory)

100

Controls lateral rectus

cn 6 (abducens)

100

This nerve carries general sensory from anterior 2/3 of tongue (NOT taste)

CN V (5)

100

This cranial nerve passes through the cribriform plate

olfactory

100

Patient has double vision and eye cannot abduct

CN VI (abducens)

200

This cranial nerve provides BOTH facial sensation AND motor to mastication

CN 5

200

Controls superior oblique

Cn 4 (trochlear)

200

This nerve controls muscles of facial expression AND taste anterior 2/3

CN VII

200

These cranial nerves pass through the superior orbital fissure

CN III, IV, V1, VI

200

Patient has facial droop and cannot close eye

CN VII (facial)

300

This cranial nerve provides BOTH taste AND motor to facial expression

CN 7 (facial)

300

Controls MOST eye muscles

Cn 3 (oculomotor)

300

This nerve controls hearing AND equilibrium

CN VIII (vestibulocochlear)

300

This cranial nerve passes through the optic canal

CN II (optic)

300

Patient cannot smell

CN I (olfactory)

400

This cranial nerve provides BOTH taste AND motor to a pharyngeal muscle


CN 9 (glossopharyngeal)

400

Elevates the eyelid

Levator palpebrae superioris

400

This nerve controls pharynx, larynx, AND parasympathetic to organs

CN 10

400

This cranial nerve passes through the foramen ovale

CN V3 (mandibular)

400

Patient’s tongue deviates when protruded

CN XII (hypoglossal)

500

This cranial nerve provides BOTH motor to viscera AND parasympathetic output


CN 10 (vagus)

500

Damage to this nerve causes difficulty looking down while eye is adducted


Cn 4 (trochlear)

500

This nerve provides general sensory to the face AND anterior tongue (touch only)

cn 5 trigeminal

500

This cranial nerve passes through the jugular foramen AND carries parasympathetic fibers

CN X (vagus) 

500

Loss of facial sensation but chewing still works

CN V sensory component (opthalamic)