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    This document lists the 12 cranial nerves in order and provides information about their modality, function, and target areas. It describes that the olfactory nerve is a special sensory nerve involved in smell. The optic nerve is also a special sensory nerve responsible for vision. The oculomotor nerve is a motor nerve that innervates eye muscles.

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    Cranial Nerves 1- 12 Tabulated Easy to Learn

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    Cranial Nerves

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    This document lists the 12 cranial nerves in order and provides information about their modality, function, and target areas. It describes that the olfactory nerve is a special sensory nerve involved in smell. The optic nerve is also a special sensory nerve responsible for vision. The oculomotor nerve is a motor nerve that innervates eye muscles.

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    Nerves in Order Modality Function Olfactory Optic Oculomotor

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    Nerves in Order Olfactory Optic Oculomotor

    Modality Special Sensory Special Sensory Somatic Motor Smell Vision

    Function

    Levator palpebrae, superioris, superior, medial & inferior recti muscles Parasympathetic to ciliary & pupillary constrictor muscles Superior oblique muscle Muscles of mastication Sensory for head/neck, sinuses, meninges, & external surface of tympanic membrane Lateral rectus muscle Muscles of facial expression Parasympathetic to all glands of head except the parotid Sensory for ear and tympanic membrane Taste anterior two-thirds of tongue Hearing and Balance Stylopharyngeus muscle Parotid Gland Carotid Body Sensation posterior one-third tongue & internal surface of tympanic membrane.

    Trochlear Trigeminal

    Visceral Motor Somatic Motor Branchial Motor

    Abducens Facial

    General Sensory Somatic Motor Branchial Motor Visceral Motor General Sensory

    Special Sensory Vestibulocochlear Special Sensory Glossopharyngeal Branchial Motor Visceral Motor Visceral Sensory General Sensory

    Vagus

    Special Sensory Branchial Motor Visceral Motor Visceral Sensory Special Sensory Branchial Motor Somatic Motor

    Taste posterior one-third tongue Muscles pharynx & larynx Parasympathetic to neck, thorax, & abdomen Sensory from pharynx, larynx & viscera Sensory from external ear Trapezius & sternocleidomastoid muscles Tongue muscles except palatoglossal

    Spinal Accessory Hypoglossal

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