Cranial Nerves

Sensory: Smell

Olfactory CN I

Motor: Visual acuity, opthalmoscope exam (PERRLA is a nuero assessment)

Optic CN II

Motor: Pupil constriction, elevation of upper eyelid, EOM, downward and medial gaze

Occulomotor CN III

Motor: EOM, superior oblique muscle of the eye, movement down and lateral gaze

Trochlear CN IV

Motor: voluntary muscles of masticationSensory: touch, pain: skin of face, mucous membranes of nose, sinuses, and mouth

Trigeminal CN V

Motor: Lateral deviation of the eye

Abducens CN VI

Motor: Muscles of the face (smile, frown)Sensory: Taste (anterior 2/3 of tongue) sweet and sour

Facial CN VII

Sensory: hearing, balance

Vestibularcochlear CN VIII

Motor: pharynx - gag reflex (must do before feeding), uvulaSensory: tongue - taste of posterior 1/3 of tongue

Glossopharyngeal CN IX

Motor: pharynx, larynx (speech), autonomic control: bradycardia, hypotensionSensory: most dangerous nerve to trigger, can't do anything to wake it back up, Triggers: bladder, recturm, carina of bronchus, top of esophagus

Vagus CN X

Motor: sternocleidomastoid, trapezius (muscle strength of shoulder shrug)

Accessory CN XI

Motor: tongue (deviation/protrusion)

Hypoglossal CN XII