cranial nerves

cranial nerves
*** The following format is used: Nerve -- Motor (M) or Sensory (S) -- Origin -- Function
0 Terminal (Preoptic)
S
Telencephalon; ventral border of olfactory bulb
Smell? and sensory endings of snout
I Olfactory
S
Telencephalon; anterior end of olfactory bulb
Smell
II Optic
S
Diencephalon; optic lobes
Sight
III Oculomotor
M
Mesencephalon; posterior ventral end of medulla between optic lobes and cerebellum
All eye muscles but lateral rectus and superior oblique
IV Trochlear
M
Mesencephalon; dorso-lateral anterior surface of medulla
Movement superior oblique muscle
V Trigeminal
MS
Mesencephalon; anterior lateral border of medulla oblongata
a) sensory to snout, conjunctiva, cornea, iris, ciliary body (ophthalmicus); b) sensory to upper jaw and snout (maxillaris); c) sensory to lower lip and teeth, motor to mastication muscle (mandibularis)
VI Abducens
M
Metencephalon; anterior ventral end of medulla oblongata
Lateral rectus eye muscle and retractor bulbi muscles in part
VII Facial
MS
Metencephalon; lateral border of medulla oblongata just posterior to trigeminal and with acoustic
Motor to muscles of hyoid arch (hyomandibular); sensory to geniculate ganglion, sensory to taste bud system; sensory to lateral line organs of snout
VIII Acoustic
S
Myelencephalon; with facial from lateral border of medulla oblongata
Sensory to equilibrium, hearing, acceleration
IX Glossopharyngeal
MS
Myelencephalon; posterior lateral border of medulla with vagus
Motor to third visceral arch; sensory to pharyngeal area and posterior tongue region; sensory to lateral line components of posterior head region
X Vagus (Pneumogastric)
MS
Myelencephalon; posterior lateral border of medulla with glossopharyngeal
Sensory to pharynx, oesophagus, thoracic and abdominal viscera. Pharyngeal musculature, visceral musculature. Trunk lateral line. Visceral arches behind third. Respiratory movement

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