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cranial nerves
nerves in the head
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
05/05/2009
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Olfactory #
 Definition
1
Term
Olfactory (fn)
 Definition
Sensory: smell, from ethamoid
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Optic #
 Definition
2
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Optic function
 Definition
Sensory:visual to brain
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Oculomotor nerve #
 Definition
3
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Oculomotor nerve function
 Definition
motor: most eye movements
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Trochlear nerve #
 Definition
4
Term
Trochlear nerve function
 Definition
motor: eye muscle, superior oblique
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Trigeminal nerve #
 Definition
5
Term
Trigeminal function
 Definition
both: sensation from face; facial expression and chewing
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Abducens nerve #
 Definition
6
Term
Abducens nerve function
 Definition
motor: abducts eye via lateral rectus
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Facial nerve #
 Definition
7
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Facial nerve function
 Definition
Both: sense taste. innervates facial expression, salivary glands
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Vestibulocochlear nerve #
 Definition
8
Term
Vestibulocochlear nerve fn
 Definition
Sensory: hearing and balance
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Glossopharyngeal nerve #
 Definition
9
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Glossopharyngeal nerve function
 Definition
both: taste, swallowing
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Vagus nerve #
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10
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Vagus nerve function
 Definition
both: voice, wanders in body to organs
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Accessory nerve #
 Definition
11
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Accessory nerve function
 Definition
motor: neck movement
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Hypoglossal nerve #
 Definition
12
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Hypoglossal nerve function
 Definition
motor: tongue, swallowing
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