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Name and Type:
Cranial Nerve I -
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Name and Type:
Cranial Nerve II -
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Name and Type:
Cranial Nerve III -
- oculomotor
- motor
- (contracts eye muscles to control eye movements--constricts pupils, elevates eyelids, and movement of eye in socket)
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Name and Type:
Cranial Nerve IV -
- trochlear
- motor
- contracts one eye muscle to control inferomedial eye movement
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Name and Type:
Cranial Nerve V -
- trigeminal
- sensory
- carries sensory impulses of pain, touch, and temperature from face to brain
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Name and Type:
Cranial Nerve VI -
- abducens
- motor
- controls lateral eye movements
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Name and Type:
Cranial Nerve VII -
- facial
- sensory/motor
- sensory: taste, stimulates salivary secretions from submaxillary and sublingual glands, and tears from lacrimal glands
- motor: facial muscle movement & expressions (smile, frown, closing eyes)
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Name and Type:
Cranial Nerve VIII -
- acoustic (aka vestibulocochlear)
- sensory
- hearing and balance
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Name and Type:
Cranial Nerve IX -
- glossopharyngeal
- sensory/motor
- sensory: taste on posterior 1/3 of tongue; gag reflex in pharynx
- motor: swallowing; salivary secretions to parotid glands
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Name and Type:
Cranial Nerve X -
- Vagus
- Sensory/Motor
- Sensory: sensations from throat, larynx, heart, lungs, bronchi, GI tract, and abdominal viscera
- Motor: swallowing, talking, production of digestive juices
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Name and Type:
Cranial Nerve XI -
- spinal accessory
- motor
- innervates neck muscles (sternocleidomastoid and trapezius) that promote movement of shoulders and head rotation; some movement of larynx
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Name and Type:
Cranial Nerve XII -
- hypoglossal
- motor
- tongue muscles that provide movement of food and talking
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