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    This document provides information on the 12 cranial nerves, including their name and number, distribution within the brain or brain stem, and their actions. It lists each cranial nerve's origin point and distribution pathway before detailing the sensory or motor functions it controls. The cranial nerves regulate functions like vision, smell, hearing, balance, facial muscle movement, swallowing, respiration, heart rate, and tongue and eye movement.

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    This document provides information on the 12 cranial nerves, including their name and number, distribution within the brain or brain stem, and their actions. It lists each cranial nerve's origin point and distribution pathway before detailing the sensory or motor functions it controls. The cranial nerves regulate functions like vision, smell, hearing, balance, facial muscle movement, swallowing, respiration, heart rate, and tongue and eye movement.

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    Optic Canal: Cranial Nerve Name & Number Distribution Action Olfactory (I) Optic (II)

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    Cranial Nerve Name & Number Distribution Action

    Olfactory (I) Cerebrum - Cribriform plate ◉ Olfaction (smell)


    Optic (II) Cerebrum - Optic canal ◉ Vision (sight)

    Oculomotor (III) Brain stem (Midbrain-pontine junction) - Superior ◉ Movement of eyeballs and upper eyelid
    orbital fissure ◉ Adjusts lens for near vision (accommodation)
    ◉ Constriction of pupil
    Trochlear (IV) Brain stem (Midbrain) - Superior orbital fissure ◉ Movement of eyeballs
    Trigeminal (V) Brain stem (pons) -

    Superior orbital fissure ◉ Scalp, forehead and nose

    F. rotundum ◉ Cheeks, lower eye lid, nasal mucosa, upper lip, upper teeth
    and palate

    F. ovale
    ◉ anterior 2/3 tongue, skin over mandible and lower teeth
    ◉ muscles of mastication
    Abducens (VI) Brain stem (Pontine-medulla junction) - Superior ◉ Movement of eyeballs
    orbital fissure
    Facial (VII) Brain stem (Pontine-medulla junction) - Internal ◉ Taste from anterior two-thirds of tongue
    acoustic meatus > stylomastoid f. ◉ Touch, pain, and thermal sensations from skin in external ear
    canal
    ◉ Control of muscles of facial expression and middle ear
    muscle
    ◉ Secretion of tears and saliva
    Vestibulocochlear (VIII) Brain stem (Pontine-medulla junction) - Internal ◉ Hearing and equilibrium.
    acoustic meatus
    Glossopharyngeal (IX) Brain stem (Medulla oblongata – posterior to the ◉ Taste from posterior one-third of tongue
    olive) - Jugular f. ◉ Proprioception in some swallowing muscles
    ◉ Monitors blood pressure and oxygen and carbon dioxide
    levels in blood
    ◉ Touch, pain, and thermal sensations from skin of external ear
    and upper pharynx
    ◉ Assists in swallowing
    ◉ Secretion of saliva
    Vagus (X) Brain stem (Medulla oblongata – posterior to the ◉ Taste from epiglottis
    olive) - Jugular f. ◉ Proprioception from throat and voice box muscles.
    ◉ Monitors blood pressure and oxygen and carbon dioxide
    levels in blood
    ◉ Touch, pain, and thermal sensations from skin of external ear
    ◉ Sensations from thoracic and abdominal organs
    ◉ Swallowing, vocalization, and coughing
    ◉ Motility and secretion of gastrointestinal organs
    ◉ Constriction of respiratory passageways
    ◉ Decreases heart rate
    Accessory (XI) Brain stem (Medulla oblongata – posterior to the ◉ Movement of head and pectoral girdle
    olive) - Jugular f.
    Hypoglossal (XII) Brain stem (Medulla oblongata – hypoglossal) - ◉ Speech, manipulation of food, and swallowing (Intrinsic and
    Hypoglossal canal extrinsic tongue muscles, except the palatoglossus)

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