Cranial Nerves - created from Mind Map

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I - Olfactory - Sense of smell

II - Optic - Sense of sight

III - Oculomotor - Movement of the eyeball; constriction of pupil in bright light or near vision.

IV - Trochlear - Movement of the eyeball. Innervates the superior oblique muscle of the eye.

CRANIAL NERVES V - VIII

CRANIAL NERVES IX - XII

V - Trigeminal - Sensatin in face, scalp, and teeth; contraction of chewing muscles. Anterior belly of digastric muscle

VI - Abducens - Movement of the eyeball. Innervates the lateral rectus muscle of the eye

VII - Facial - Sense of taste; contraction of facial muscles; secretion of saliva. Innervation of taste from 2/3 of the tongue, hard and soft palate.

VII - Acoustic (Vestibulocochlear) - Sense of hearing; sense of equilibrium. Hearing innervates the cochlea. Balance innervates the semi-circular canals.

IX - Glossopharyngeal - Sense of taste; contraction of pharynx; secretion of saliva. Sensation from the carotid artery to control blood pressure and fluid balance.

X - Vagus - Sensation and movement of the heart, lungs, larynx, pharynx, GI tract. Motor innervation to muscles of the the throat, tongue, etc. Sensation from the throat, skin, etc.

XI - Accessory - Contraction of neck and shoulder muscles. Motor supply to sternocleidomastoid m. and trapezius m. (turn head and shrug shoulders)

XII - Hypoglossal - Movement of the tongue. Motor innervation of the tongue muscles