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CRANIAL NERVES
12 PAIRS OF NERVES
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Undergraduate 1
01/19/2013

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I (OLFACTORY)
Definition
RESPONSIBLE FOR SENSE OF SMELL.
Term
II (OPTIC)
Definition
CONVEYS IMPULSES FOR SIGHT.
Term
III (OCULOMOTOR)
Definition
CONTROLS MUSCLES THAT MOVE THE EYE AND IRIS.
Term
IV (TROCHLEAR)
Definition
CONTROLS THE OBLIQUE MUSCLE OF THE EYE.
Term
V (TRIGEMINAL)
Definition
SENSORY NERVE THAT CONTROLS THE SENSATIONS OF THE FACE, FOREHEAD, MOUTH, NOSE, AND THE TOP OF THE HEAD.
Term
VI (ABDUCENS)
Definition
CONTROLS LATERAL MOVEMENT OF THE EYE.
Term
VII (FACIAL)
Definition
MOTOR NERVE THAT CONTROLS THE MUSCLES IN THE FACE AND SCALP, AS WELL AS TEARS AND SALIVATION.
Term
VIII (VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR [ACOUSTIC])
Definition
CONTROLS HEARING AND EQUILIBRIUM.
Term
IX (GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL)
Definition
CONTROLS THE SENSE OF TASTE AND PHARYNGEAL MOVEMENT; AS WELL AS THE PAROTID GLAND AND SALIVATION.
Term
X (VAGUS)
Definition
INNERVATES THE PHARYNGEAL AND LARYNGEAL MUSCLES, HEART, PANCREAS, LUNGS, AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS; ALSO CONTROLS THE SENSORY PATHS OF THE ABDOMINAL VISCERA, THE PLEURA, AND THE THORACIC VISCERA.
Term
XI (ACCESSORY)
Definition
HAS TWO PARTS, A CRANIAL PORTION AND A SPINAL PORTION.  THE CRANIAL PORTION JOINS THE VAGUS NERVE TO HELP CONTROL THE PHARYNGEAL AND LARYNGEAL MUSCLES.  THE SPINAL PORTION CONTROLS THE TRAPEZIUS AND STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLES.
Term
XII (HYPOGLOSSAL)
Definition
INNERVATES THE MUSCLES OF THE TONGUE.
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