The 12 Cranial Nerves

carries impulse for the sense of smell

• olfactory

• optic

• oculomotor

• trochlear

• trigeminal

carries impulses for vision

• olfactory

• optic

• oculomotor

• trochlear

• trigeminal

supplies motor fibers to four to six muscles that direct the eyeball; to the eyelid; and to the internal muscles controlling the lens and pupil

• olfactory

• optic

• oculomotor

• trochlear

• trigeminal

supplies motor fibers for one external eye muscle

• olfactory

• optic

• oculomotor

• trochlear

• trigeminal

conducts sensory impulses from the skin of the face and mucosa of the nose and mouth; also contains motor fibers that activate the chewing muscles

• olfactory

• optic

• oculomotor

• trochlear

• trigeminal

supplies motor fibers to the lateral rectus muscle, which rolls the eye laterally

• abducens

• facial

• vestibulocochlear

• glossopharyngeal

• vagus

fibers leave the pons and run to the face

• abducens

• facial

• vestibulocochlear

• glossopharyngeal

• vagus

transmit impulses for the sense of balance and hearing

• abducens

• facial

• vestibulocochlear

• glossopharyngeal

• vagus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

motor fibers to the pharynx that promote swallowing and saliva production; taste buds

• abducens

• facial

• vestibulocochlear

• glossopharyngeal

• vagus

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

carry sensory and motor impulses to the pharynx, larynx, and the abdominal and thoracic viscera; promote digestive activities; regulate heart activities

• abducens

• facial

• vestibulocochlear

• glossopharyngeal

• vagus