Friday, May 7, 2010

CRANIAL NERVES: PHYSIOLOGY


Here are i provide you the list and physiology each of cranial nerves.

I. Olfactory nerve - smell

II. Optic nerve - vision

III. Oculomotor nerve - eyelid and eyeball movement

IV. Throchlear nerve - "downward and laterally"eye movement

V. Tigmoneal nerve - chewing, mouth movement, and pain

VI. Abduscens nerve - turns eye laterally

VII. Facial nerve - facial expression

VIII. Vestibulocochlear nerve - body balance, equilibrium, ear sensory information

IX. Glassopharyngeal - Taste and carotid blood pressure

X. Vagus nerve - Aortic blood pressure and digestive organs

XI. Accessory nerve - swallowing movement

XII. Hypoglossal nerve - tongue movements

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