Trigeminal Nerve
The trigeminal nerve is the fifth and largest cranial nerve (CN V), involved in facial sensation and motor supply to...
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Facial Nerve
The facial nerve is the seventh cranial nerve. It controls muscles of facial expression and functions in taste sensation. Motor... -
Optic Nerve
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Accessory Nerve
The accessory nerve is the eleventh cranial nerve and has virtually only somatic motor function, innervating the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius... -
Oculomotor Nerve
The oculomotor nerve is the third cranial nerve (CN III) and carries motor and parasympathetic innervation to structures within the... -
Trochlear Nerve
The trochlear nerve is the fourth and smallest cranial nerve (CN IV) and carries somatic efferent fibres which innervate the... -
Vestibulocochlear Nerve
The vestibulocochlear nerve is the eighth cranial nerve and consists of two parts. It conveys sensory impulses from the organs... -
Vagus Nerve
The vagus nerve (‘wandering’ nerve) is the tenth and longest cranial nerve (CN X) and has mixed sensory, motor and... -
Hypoglossal Nerve
The hypoglossal nerve is the twelfth cranial nerve and has a purely somatic motor function, innervating all intrinsic and extrinsic... -
Glossopharyngeal Nerve
The glossopharyngeal nerve is the ninth paired cranial nerve (CN IX). It is one of the four cranial nerves that... -
Abducens Nerve
The abducens nerve is cranial nerve six (CN VI) responsible for the motor innervation of the lateral rectus muscle. Arises...