Cranial Nerves & Fx

Cranial Nerve name

100

1(I)

Olfactory Nerve

200

2(II)

Optic Nerve

300

3(III)

Oculomotor Nerve

400

4(IV)

Trochlear Nerve

500

5(V)

Trigeminal Nerve

600

6(VI)

Abducens Nerve

700

7(VII)

Facial Nerve

800

8(VIII)

Vestibulocochlear Nerve

900

9(IX)

Glossopharyngeal Nerve

1000

10(X)

Vagus Nerve

1100

11(XI)

Spinal Accessory Nerve

1200

12(XII)

Hypoglossal Nerve

Sensory/Motor/Fx

100

I OLFACTORY

SENSORY = Sense of SMELL

200

II OPTIC

SENSORY = VISION

300

3(III) OCULOMOTOR

MOTOR = Muscle of UPPER EYE

400

4(IV) TROCHLEAR

MOTOR = Superior Oblique EYE MUSCLE

500

5(V) TRIGEMINAL

-SENSORY/MOTOR-

Sensory = FACE, MOUTH, CORNEA

Motor = muscles of MASTICATION (chewing)

600

6(VI) ABDUCENS

MOTOR = eye movements (ABduction/LATERAL movements)

700

7(VII) FACIAL

-SENSORY/MOTOR-

MOTOR = facial expression muscles

SENSORY = taste from Anterior tongue; and

                   Lacrimal/Salivary Glands

800

8(VIII) VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR

SENSORY = hearing/sense of balance

900

9(IX) GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL

S/M

SENSORY = posterior tongue & pharynx; and

taste; and carotid baroceptors/chemoreceptors

MOTOR = salivary gland