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Cranial Nerve XII?
*HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE

*FUNCTION: MOVEMENT OF TONGUE DURING SPEECH AND SWALLOWING
Cranial Nerve XI?
*ACCESSORY NERVE

*FUNCTION: MEDIATES MOVEMENT OF HEAD AND PECTORAL GIRDLE
Cranial Nerve X?
*VAGUS NERVE

*SENSORY FUNCTION: TASTE AND SOMATIC SENSATIONS (TOUCH, PAIN, TEMPERATURE, PROPIOCEPTION) FROM EPIGLOTTIS AND PHARYNX, MONITORS BLOOD PRESSURE, 02 AND CO2 IN BLOOD FOR REGULATION OF BREATHING RATE AND DEPTH, SENSATIONS OF VISCERAL ORGANS IN THE THORAX AND ABDOMEN

*AUTONOMIC MOTOR FUNCTION (PARASYMPATHETIC): SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION AND RELAXATION IN ORGANS OF THE GI TRACT; SLOWING OF THE HEART RATE, SECRETION OF DIGESTIVE FLUIDS
Cranial Nerve IX?
*GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE

*SENSORY FUNCTION: TASTE AND SOMATIC SENSATIONS (TOUCH, PAIN, TEMPERATURE)

*SOMATIC MOTOR FUNCTION: ELEVATES THE PHARYNX DURING SWALLOWING AND SPEECH

*AUTONOMIC MOTOR FUNCTION (PARASYMPATHETIC): STIMULATES SECRETION OF SALIVA
Cranial Nerve VIII?
*VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE

*VESTIBULAR BRANCH FUNCTION: CONVEYS IMPULSES RELATED TO EQUILIBRIUM

*COCHLEAR BRANCH FUNCTION: CONVEYS IMPULSES FOR HEARING
Cranial Nerve VII?
*FACIAL NERVE

*SOMATIC FUNCTION: TOUCH, PAIN, AND TEMPERATURE SENSATIONS, PROPRIOCEPTION, AND TASTE

*SOMATIC MOTOR FUNCTION: FACIAL EXPRESSION

*AUTONOMIC MOTOR FUNCTION (PARASYMPATHETIC): SECRETION OF SALIVA AND TEARS
Cranial Nerve VI?
*ABDUCENS NERVE
*MOVEMENT OF THE EYEBALL
Cranial Nerve V?
*TRIGEMINAL NERVE

*SENSORY FUNCTION: CONVEYS IMPULSES FOR TOUCH, PAIN, AND TEMPERATURE SENSATIONS AND PROPRIOCEPTION

*SOMATIC MOTOR FUNCTION: CHEWING
Cranial Nerve IV
*TROCHLEAR
*SOMATIC MOTOR FUNCTION: MOVEMENT OF EYEBALL
Cranial Nerve III?
*OCULOMOTOR
*SOMATIC MOTOR FUNCTION: MOVEMENT OF UPPER EYELID AND EYEBALL

*AUTONOMIC MOTOR FUNCTION: ACCOMMODATION OF LENS FOR NEAR VISION AND CONSTRICTION OF PUPIL
Cranial Nerve II?
*OPTIC
*VISION
Cranial Nerve I?
*OLFACTORY
*SMELL
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