Cranial nerves

Olfactory nerve [I] Function: smell

Exit from skull: cribriform plate of ethmoid bone
Aerent: special sensory !smell"
Optic nerve [II] Exit from skull: optic canal
Aerent: special sensory !vision"
Function: vision
Oculomotor nerve
[III]
Exit from skull: superior orbital #ssure
Eerent: $eneral somatic eerent% $eneral visceral eerent
Function: $eneral somatic eerent&innervates levator palpebrae
superioris% superior rectus% inferior rectus% medial rectus% and inferior
obli'ue muscles
Function: $eneral visceral eerent&innervates sphincter pupillae for
pupillary constriction( ciliary muscles for accommodation of the lens
for near vision
)rochlear nerve
[I*]
Exit from skull: superior orbital #ssure
Function: innervates superior obli'ue muscle
Eerent: $eneral somatic eerent
)ri$eminal nerve
[*]
Exit from skull: superior orbital #ssure
Function: innervates superior obli'ue muscle
Eerent: $eneral somatic eerent
Exit from skull: Foramen ovale&mandibular division [*+]
Exit from skull: Foramen rotundum&maxillary nerve [*,]
Exit from skull: -uperior orbital #ssure&ophthalmic division [*.]
Eerent: branchial motor
Aerent: $eneral somatic aerent
Function: $eneral somatic aerent&sensory from: ophthalmic division
[*.]
Function: $eneral somatic aerent&sensory from: maxillary division
[*,]
Function: $eneral somatic aerent&sensory from: mandibular division
[*+]
Function: branchial motor&innervates temporalis% masseter% medial
and lateral ptery$oids% tensor tympani% tensor veli palatini% anterior
belly of di$astric% and mylohyoid muscles
Abducens nerve
[*I]
Eerent: $eneral somatic eerent
Function: innervates lateral rectus muscle
Exit from skull: superior orbital #ssure
Facial nerve [*II] Function: branchial motor&innervates muscles of face !muscles of
facial expression" and scalp derived from the second pharyn$eal
arch% and stapedius% posterior belly of di$astric% stylohyoid muscles
Function: $eneral visceral eerent&innervates lacrimal $land%
submandibular and sublin$ual salivary $lands% and mucous
membranes of nasal cavity% hard and soft palates
Function: special sensory&taste from anterior t/o&thirds of ton$ue
Function: $eneral somatic aerent&sensory from part of external
acoustic meatus and deeper parts of auricle
Aerent: $eneral somatic aerent% $eneral visceral aerent% special
sensory !taste"
Eerent: $eneral visceral eerent% branchial motor
)hese branches leave the skull throu$h other #ssures and canals
Exit from skull: -tylomastoid foramen !nerve leaves cranial cavity
throu$h internal acoustic meatus and $ives rise to branches in the
facial canal of the temporal bone before exitin$"
*estibulocochlear
nerve [*III]
Aerent: $eneral somatic aerent
Exit from skull: internal acoustic meatus
Function: balance% hearin$
0lossopharyn$eal
nerve [I1]
Aerent: $eneral somatic aerent% $eneral visceral aerent
Eerent: $eneral visceral eerent% branchial motor
Exit from skull: 2u$ular foramen
Function: $eneral visceral aerent&sensory from carotid body and
sinus
Function: $eneral somatic aerent&posterior one&third of ton$ue%
palatine tonsils% oropharynx% mucosa of middle ear%
pharyn$otympanic tube% and mastoid air cells
Function: $eneral somatic aerent&taste from posterior one&third of
ton$ue
Function: $eneral visceral eerent&innervates parotid salivary $land
Function: branchial motor&innervates stylopharyn$eus muscle
*a$us nerve [1] Aerent: $eneral somatic aerent% $eneral visceral aerent% special
sensory !taste"
Eerent: $eneral visceral eerent% branchial motor
Exit from skull: 2u$ular foramen
Function: $eneral somatic aerent&sensory from larynx%
laryn$opharynx% deeper parts of auricle% part of external acoustic
meatus% and dura in posterior cranial fossa
Function: $eneral visceral aerent&sensory from aortic body
chemoreceptors and aortic arch baroreceptors% esopha$us% bronchi%
lun$s% heart% and abdominal viscera of the fore$ut and mid$ut
Function: $eneral somatic aerent&taste from the epi$lottis and
pharynx
Function: $eneral visceral eerent&innervates smooth muscle and
$lands in the pharynx% larynx% thoracic viscera% and abdominal
viscera of the fore$ut and mid$ut
Function: branchial motor&innervates one ton$ue muscle
!palato$lossus"% muscles of soft palate !except tensor veli palatini"%
pharynx !except stylopharyn$eus"% and larynx
Accessory nerve
[1I]
Eerent: $eneral somatic eerent
Function: Innervates sternocleidomastoid and trape3ius muscles
4ypo$lossal nerve
[1II]
Eerent: $eneral somatic eerent
Exit from skull: hypo$lossal canal
Function: Innervates hyo$lossus% $enio$lossus% and stylo$lossus
muscles and all intrinsic muscles of the ton$ue