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There are 12 pairs of cranial nerves. These nerves arise from the brain and brain stem,
carrying motor and or sensory information.
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The olfactory nerve is composed of axons from the olfactory
receptors in the nasal sensory epithelium. It carries olfactory
information (sense of smell) to the olfactory bulb of the brain. This
is a pure sensory nerve fiber.
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The oculomotor nerve is composed of motor axons coming from the
oculomotor nucleus and the edinger-westphal nucleus in the rostral
midbrain located at the superior colliculus level. This is a pure
motor nerve. It provides somatic motor innervation to four of the
extrinsic eye muscles: the superior rectus, inferior rectus, medial
rectus, and the inferior oblique muscles. It also innervates the
muscles of the upper eyelid and the intrinsic eye muscles (the
pupillary eye muscle.) Together, CN III, CN IV and CN VI control the six muscles of the eye.
It is composed of both sensory and motor axons. The sensory fibers are located in the trigeminal
ganglion and the motor fibers project from nuclei in the pons.
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The abducens nerve carries somatic motor innervation to one of the extrinsic eye muscles, the
lateral rectus muscle. It is another pure motor nerve fiber and originates from the abducens
nucleus located in the caudal pons at the facial colliculus level.
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9. The facial nerve provides motor to the ______ and sensation to the ______ .
10. Rise of the soft palate when phonating 'AAHH' is controlled by what cranial nerve?
11. Protrusion of the tongue and wagging tongue side to side is controlled by what cranial
nerve?
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1. CN V
2. CN X
5. CN IX and CN X
6. CN X
9. Face, Tongue
10. Glossopharyngeal CN IX