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    This document discusses the 12 cranial nerves, listing their location in the brain or spinal cord and their main functions. The olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, facial, vestibulocochlear, glossopharyngeal, vagus, accessory, and hypoglossal nerves are all described in 1-2 sentences each, focusing on where each nerve is located and what it controls in the body.

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    This document discusses the 12 cranial nerves, listing their location in the brain or spinal cord and their main functions. The olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, facial, vestibulocochlear, glossopharyngeal, vagus, accessory, and hypoglossal nerves are all described in 1-2 sentences each, focusing on where each nerve is located and what it controls in the body.

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    The 12 Cranial Nerves

    BRIANNA RUYBE

    OLFACTORY NERVE
    Location: thalamus
    Function: Smell

    OPTIC NERVE
    Location: Thalamus, superior colliculus
    Function: Visual

    OCULORMOTOR NERVE
    Location: Mid-brain
    Function: Eye movement

    TROCHLEAR NERVE
    Location: Mid-Brain
    Function: Eye movement

    TRIGEMINAL NERVE
    Location: Pons
    Function: Chewing, facial feeling,
    suicide nerve

    ABDUCENS NERVE
    Location: Pons
    Function: Eye movement

    FACIAL NERVES
    Location: jcn of pons and medulla
    Function: facial movements, taste,
    speech, swallowing

    VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE
    Location: inferior colliculus
    Function: hearing, balance

    GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL
    Location: Medulla
    Function: swallowing, taste, speech,
    cartod

    VAGUS
    Location: medulla
    Function: HR, RR, BP, Digestion

    ACCESSORY
    Location: upper spinal cord
    Function: shoulders

    HYPOGLOSSAL
    Location:
    Function: tongue movement

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