Cranial Nerves 1-8

Trigeminal Nerve (Cranial Nerve 5)

Both motor & Sensory; head & Face; mild stimulus; trigeminal neuralgia: severe pain in face

Trochlear Nerve (Cranial Nerve 4)

Eye Movement (Motor); Opening

Oculomotor Nerve (Cranial Nerve 3)

Eye Movement (motor)

Abducens Nerve (Cranial Nerve 6)

Eye Movement (motor); Lateral movement

Facial Nerve (Cranial Nerve 7)

Facial Movements (motor); facial expressions; testing for taste

Vestibule Copulo Nerve (Auditory Vestibular) (Cranial Nerve 8)

Hearing (sensory); vestibular apparatus: IMPORTANT for balance! Computes how your body moves in a 3D space.

Olfactory Nerve (Cranial Nerve 1)

Smell (sensory); Cerebral Plate; Form the olfactory tract

Optic Nerve (Cranial Nerve 2)

Vision (sensory); axons of ganglia cells located on the surface of the retina; Blind Spot: No rods on Eye