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Cranial Nerves
A review of the twelve cranial nerves in the brain.
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
02/26/2010

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Olfactory
Definition
It's the first cranial nerve. Its major function is smell.
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Oculomotor
Definition
It's the third cranial nerve. Its major function is eyelid and eyeball movement.
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Optic
Definition
It's the second cranial nerve. Its major function is vision.
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Trochlear
Definition
It's the fourth cranial nerve. It innervates the superior oblique, turns eye downward and laterally.
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Trigemenal
Definition
This is the fifth cranial nerve. It's responsible for chewing, face and mouth, touch and pain.
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Abducens
Definition
It's the sixth cranial nerve. Its major function is moving the eye laterally.
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Facial
Definition
This is the sevent cranial nerve. It's responsible for controlling most facial expressions, the secretion of tears and saliva.
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Vestibulocochlear
Definition
This is the eighth cranial nerve. It's responsible for equalibrium and hearing.
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Glossopharyngeal
Definition
It's the ninth cranial nerve. It's responsible for taste and sensing cartoid blood pressure.
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Vagus
Definition
This is the tenth cranial nerve. It senses aortic blood pressure, slows heart rate, stimulates digestive organs, plays a part in taste.
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Spinal Asscessory
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This is the eleventh cranial nerve. Its major function is controlling swallowing movements.
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Hypoglossal
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This is the twelfth and last cranial nerve. It controls tongue movements.
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