Functions
This cranial nerve’s main function is eye movement that is inwards and down.
What is the trochlear nerve?
CN’s I, II, and VIII are in this category.
What is sensory?
CNs III, IV, and VI work together to control movement of this organ.
What is the eye?
The term trigeminal comes from the Latin "trigeminus" meaning this.
What is threefold?
Without this cranial nerve, one would not be able to smile.
What is the facial nerve?
This cranial nerve’s main function is the sensory information of the anterior 2/3rds of the tongue and facial movement.
What is the facial nerve?
CN’s III, IV, VI, XI, and XII are in this category.
What is motor?
CNs VII, XI, X all contribute to this sensory modality (think sight, smell, pain…)
What is taste?
Ocular comes from the Latin root, oculus which means this body part in Latin.
What is the eye?
This nerve completely bypasses the brainstem and goes directly into the brain.
What is the olfactory nerve?
This cranial nerve’s main function is the eye movement lateral towards the ear.
What is the abducens nerve?
CN’s V, VII, IX, and X are in this category.
What is both sensory and motor?
Which cranial nerve is important for the functions of the heart.
What is the vagus nerve?
In Latin hypoglōssus borrows the “glōssus” from Greek which means this body part.
What is the tongue?
This nerve is known to be the largest of the cranial nerves.
What is the trigeminal nerve?
This cranial nerve’s main function is the lateral movement of the tongue.
What is the hypoglossal nerve?
CN’s Oculomotor, Trochlear, Abducens, Spinal, and Hypoglossal are in this category.
What is motor?
This cranial nerve is important for shrugging the shoulders or turning the head.
What is the spinal accessory nerve?
Olfactory derives from the past participle of the Latin olfacere, which means this.
What is “to smell”?
This is the smallest cranial nerve (in terms of number of axons).
What is the trochlear nerve?
This cranial nerve’s main function is the sensation to the skin of the face and motor muscles for chewing.
What is the trigeminal nerve?
CN’s Olfactory, Optic, and Vestibulocochlear are in this category.
What is sensory?
CNs V and IX receive touch and texture sensation of what body part?
What is the tongue?
From Vestibulocochlear, the root word vestibular references this body part.
What is the inner ear?
This branch of the vagus nerve (CN X) is the only nerve that can open the vocal folds.
What is the recurrent laryngeal nerve?