cranial nerves basic info

olfactory nerve

• lateral eye movement

• smell

• vision

• eye movement

optic nerve

• vision

• eye movement, opening eye lid, constrict pupil, focusing

• smell

• lateral eye movement

oculomotor nerve

• lateral eye movement

• eye movement.

• eye movement, opening eyelid, constrict pupil, focusing

• vision

trochlear nerve

• lateral eye movement

• eye movement

• vision

• eye movement, constrict pupil, focusing and opening eyelid

trigeminal nerve

• eye movements

• fascial expressions, secretes tears, saliva, nasal & oral mucus, sense of taste

• tongue movements

• touch, pain & temp sensations from face

abducens nerve

• lateral eye movement

• abduction control

• parasympathetic regulation in heat, lungs & gastrointestinal systems; swallowing, taste, speech

• fascial expressions, secretes tears, saliva, nasal & oral mucus, sense of taste

facial nerve

• swallowing, salivation, gagging, measure blood pressure; touch, pressure, taste and pain sensation from tongue and pharynx

• touch, pain & temp sensation from face

• fascial expressions, secretes tears, saliva, nasal & oral mucus, sense of taste

• swallowing; head, neck and shoulder movements

vesibulocochlear

• parasympathetic regulation of lungs, heart, and gastrointestinal systems; swallowing, taste speech

• hearing and equilibrium

• vision

• swallowing, salivation, gagging, measure blood pressure; touch, pressure, taste and pain sensation from tongue and pharynx

glossopharyngeal nerve

• tongue movements of speech, food manipulation & swallowing

• swallowing, salivation, gagging, measure blood pressure; touch, pressure, taste and pain sensation from tongue and pharynx

• hearing and equilibrium

• swallowing: head, neck and shoulder movements

vagus nerve

• eye movements, opening of eyelid, constrict pupil, focusing

• hearing and equilibrium

• tongue movements of speech, food manipulation & swallowing

• parasympathetic regulation of lungs, heart, and gastrointestinal systems; swallowing, taste speech