Caranial Nerves

SAMUEL CANO PD. 2

Olfactory Nerve

Located in the olfactory mucosa of

the upper parts of the nasal cavity
The olfactory system is the sensory
system used for olfaction, or the
sense of smell.
Most mammals and reptiles have
two distinct parts to their olfactory
system: a main olfactory system and
an accessory olfactory system.

Optic Nerve
Each of the second pair of cranial
nerves, transmitting impulses to
the brain from the retina at the
back of the eye.

The job of the optic nerve is to

transfer visual information from
the retina to the vision centers of
the brain via electrical impulses.

Oculomotor

This nerve is responsible for eyeball and eyelid movement.

Superior orbital fissures

Trochlear Nerve

It is the only cranial nerve that emerges dorsally from the brain (near the back),
giving it the longest pathway.
It is the smallest nerve to service the eye. CN-IV passes through the superior
orbital fissure, and it provides motor function, or movement.

Trigeminal Nerve
The trigeminal nerve is the
fifth cranial nerve located
within the brain, and is
primarily responsible for
transmitting sensations from
the face to the brain.

It is composed of three
branches: the ophthalmic,
maxillary, and mandibular.

Abducens
Nerve

The abducens nerve or abducens nerve (the sixth cranial

nerve, also called the sixth nerve or simply CNVI) is a
somatic efferent nerve that, in humans, controls the
movement of a single muscle, the lateral rectus muscle of
the eye.

Facial Nerve
The main function of the facial nerve is
motor control of all of the muscles of
facial expression.
It also innervates the posterior belly of
the digastric muscle, the stylohyoid
muscle, and the stapedius muscle of
the middle ear.

Auditory Nerve
the sensory nerve that transfers
auditory information from the
cochlea
auditory area of the inner ear to
the brain.
mostly gathering of auditory data
from the environment and
transmitting it to the brain for
processing.

Glossopharynge
al Nerve

There are a number of functions of the glossopharyngeal

nerve: receives general sensory fibers from the tonsils, the
pharynx, the middle ear and the posterior 1/3 of the tongue.
Receives special sensory fibers (taste) from the posterior
one-third of the tongue. receives visceral sensory fibers
from the carotid bodies.
Also controls gag reflex and blood pressure!

Vagus Nerve

Each of the tenth pair of cranial nerves,

supplying the heart, lungs, upper digestive
tract, and other organs of the chest and
abdomen.
Prevents inflammation
Helps you make memories, and breathe