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Nerve Name Pathway Type GSE - GSA - Normal Sensation GVE parasympathetic GVA reflexes SVE voluntary skelelal

thetic GVA reflexes SVE voluntary skelelal SVA special SSA


Voluntary ANS (from branchial arches) sensation special
skeletal (taste, smell) sensation
(sight,
hearing,
balance)
I Olfactory Ethmoid bone S Smell
cribiform
plateolfactory
bulb Tract
II Optic Optic canal S Sight
chiasmtract
III Oculomotor Superior orbital M Extraocular Ciliary ganglion ciliary
fissure muscles and papillary
sphincter
IV Trochlear Superior orbital M Superior
fissure oblique
V Trigeminal 1: Superior B All face except: + ant. Arch 1: Mastication,
orbital fissure 2/3 tongue (trigeminal tensor veli palatini,
2: foramen ganglia) tensor tympani
rotundum See diagram p34
3: foramen
ovale
VI Abducens Superior orbital M Lateral
fissure rectus
VII Facial Internal B Auditory canal, skin of Skin of face Arch 2: facial expression Taste on ant.
acoustic meatus external ear, outer Ganglia: pterygopalatine 2/3 tongue
middle ear tympanic ganglion lacrimal duct. Ganglia:
stylomastoid Submandibular ganglion geniculate
submandibular and
sublingual glands
VIII Vestibulocochlear Internal S Hearing,
acoustic meatus balance
IX Glossopharyngeal Jugular foramen B Post. 1/3 tongue, soft Otic ganglion Parotid Gag reflex, Arch 3: stylopharyngeus Taste on post.
palate, tonsils, carotid body and 1/3 tongue
pharyngeal mucosa, sinus, pharyngeal
external ear, tympanic mucosa
membrane
X Vagus Jugular foramen B Auditory canal, skin Gut, oesophagus, Cough reflex, Arch 4: larynx and Taste on
external ear, tympanic pharynx, larynx larynx, pharynx, pharynx, palate epiglottis,
membrane Plexuses inrwS oesophagus uvula, soft
palate
XI Accessory Jugular foramen M SCM and
trap
XII Hypoglossal Ant. Brainstem M Tongue
hypoglossal
canal

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