Cranial Nerves

Number Name Function Location

I Olfactory Nerve Smell Sense

II Optic Nerve Vision Sense

III Oculomotor Nerve Eye movement; pupil constriction Motor

IV Trochlear Nerve Eye movement Motor

Somatosensory information (touch, pain)

Sense
V Trigeminal Nerve from the face and head; muscles for
Motor
chewing.

VI Abducens Nerve Eye movement Motor

Taste (anterior 2/3 of tongue);

somatosensory information from ear; Sense
VII Facial Nerve
controls muscles used in facial Motor
expression.

Vestibulocochlear
VIII Hearing; balance Sense
Nerve

Taste (posterior 1/3 of tongue);

Glossopharyngeal Somatosensory information from tongue,
IX Sense
Nerve tonsil, pharynx; controls some muscles
used in swallowing.

Sensory, motor and autonomic functions Sense

X Vagus Nerve
of viscera (glands, digestion, heart rate) Motor

Spinal Accessory Controls muscles used in head

XI Motor
Nerve movement.

XII Hypoglossal Nerve Controls muscles of tongue Motor