Origin/Termination
Olfactory
II
Optic
S- special
optic opening
III
Occulomotor
M- somatic
visceral motor
(parasympathetic)
Cranial Nerve
presynaptic: midbrain,
postsynaptic: ciliary
ganglion
Functions
Comments
IV
Trochlear
M- somatic
Trigeminal
V1 Opthalmic
B- somatic sensory,
somatic motor
S- general/somatic
V2 Maxillary
S- general/somatic
foramen rotundum
V3 Mandibular
B- general/somatic
sensory
foramen ovale
sensation from skin over mandible, including lower lip and BRANCHES= BAIL, buccal, auriculotemporal (+mental),
side of head, mandibular teeth, temporomandibular joint, inferior alveolar, lingual
and mucosa of mouth and ANTERIOR 2/3 OF TONGUE
V3 Mandibular
branchial motor
foramen ovale
motor to muscles of mastication (MTPP), mylohyoid, ant. MUSCLES= MD MY TV, (mastication, digastric ant.,
digastric, tensor veli palatini, tensor tympani
mylohyoid, tensor tympani, tensor veli palatini)
motor to LR that rotates eyeball laterally
VI
Abducent
M- somatic
VII
Facial
B- somatic sensory,
somatic motor,
visceral sensory,
visceral motor
internal auditory
meatus, then:
stylomastoid foramen,
facial canal
branchial motor
internal auditory
motor to muscles of facial expression and scalp; also
meatus, facial canal, supplies stapedius of middle ear, stylohyoid, and
stylomastoid foramen posterior belly of digastric
special sensory
internal auditory
meatus, facial canal,
petro-tympanic
fissure
general/somatic
sensory
internal acoustic
meatus
visceral sensory
internal acoustic
meatus, facial canal,
foramen for greater
petrosal nerve
Foramen for greater petrosal nerve: exits facial canal -passing over foramen lacerum into canal on greater wing
sphenoid bone (below carotid groove, lateral to dorsum
sellae/hypophyseal fossa/sphenoid sinus) near
pterygopalatine fossa,-- deep to pterygomaxillary fissure
in palate/nasal area = PTERYGOID CANAL (junction of
greater petrosal nerve and lesser.. lesser = symp. from
carotid plexus, + pterygoid artery)
visceral motor
(parasympathetic)
Internal acoustic
meatus, facial canal,
foramen for greater
petrosal nerve
VIII
IX
Vestibulocochlear
vestibular
S- special sensory
ganglion/vestibular
nuclei
spiral ganglion/cochlear special sensory
nuclei
Glossopharyngeal
presynaptic: inferior
salivatory nucleus,
postsynaptic: otic
ganglion
Vagus
internal acoustic
secretomotor to submandibular and sublingual salivary
meatus, facial canal, glands
petrotympanic fissure
internal acoustic
meatus
internal acoustic
meatus
B- somatic sensory,
somatic motor,
visceral sensory,
visceral motor
jugular foramen
branchial motor
jugular foramen
visceral motor
(parasympathetic)
jugular foramen
visceral sensory
jugular foramen
special sensory
jugular foramen
general sensory
jugular foramen
B- somatic sensory,
somatic motor,
visceral sensory,
visceral motor
branchial motor
jugular foramen
jugular foramen
visceral motor
(parasympathetic)
jugular foramen
visceral sensory
jugular foramen
special sensory
jugular foramen
jugular foramen
hypoglossal canal
XI
Accessory
general/somatic
sensory
M- somatic
XII
Hypoglossal
M- somatic
jugular foramen