Table 1.

Cranial Nerves Summary

Nerves in
Modality
Order Function
Special
Olfactory Smell
Sensory

Optic Special Vision

Sensory
Oculomotor Somatic Levator palpebrae, superioris, superior,
Motor medial & inferior recti muscles

Visceral Parasympathetic to ciliary & pupillary

Motor constrictor muscles
Somatic
Trochlear Superior oblique muscle
Motor
Branchial Muscles of mastication
Motor
Trigeminal Sensory for head/neck, sinuses, meninges, &
General external surface of tympanic membrane
Sensory
Somatic
Abducens Lateral rectus muscle
Motor
Facial Branchial Muscles of facial expression
Motor
Parasympathetic to all glands of head except the
Visceral parotid
Motor
Sensory for ear and tympanic membrane
General
Sensory Taste anterior two-thirds of tongue

Special
Sensory
Vestibulocochl Special
Hearing and Balance
ear Sensory
Glossopharyng Branchial Stylopharyngeus muscle
 Motor
Parotid Gland
Visceral
Motor Carotid Body

Visceral Sensation posterior one-third tongue & internal

Sensory surface of tympanic membrane.
eal
General
Sensory Taste posterior one-third tongue

Special
Sensory
Branchial
Motor
Muscles pharynx & larynx
Visceral
Motor Parasympathetic to neck, thorax, & abdomen
Vagus
Visceral Sensory  from pharynx, larynx & viscera
Sensory
Sensory from external ear
Special
Sensory
Spinal Branchial
Trapezius & sternocleidomastoid muscles
Accessory Motor
Somatic
Hypoglossal Tongue muscles except palatoglossal
Motor