Summary of Cranial Nerve Functions
Rahul's Noteblog Notes on Neurology Cranial Nerves and Parasympathetic Ganglia Summary of Cranial Nerve Functions
SUMMARY OF CRANIAL NERVE FUNCTIONS:
1. Olfactory:
Smell.
2. Optic:
Sight.
3. Oculomotor:
a. Eye movements.
b. Movement of pupil and ciliary muscle.
c. Extrinsic eye muscle proprioception.
d. Blood vessel control in orbit.
4. Trochlear:
Eye movement (superior oblique muscle).
5. Trigeminus:
a. Sensation (mouth, face and scalp).
b. Proprioception function (chewing muscles, TM joints and teeth).
c. Chewing.
6. Abducent:
Control of eye movements (lateral rectus muscle).
7. Facial:
a. Secretion (lacrimal gland and salivary glands).
b. Sensation (external auditory meatus and tympanic membrane).
c. Facial expression.
d. Taste (anterior two-thirds of tongue).
8. Vestibulocochlear:
Control of hearing and balance.
9. Glossopharyngeal:
a. Secretion (parotid gland).
b. Sensation (tongue and pharynx).
c. Motory (stylopharyngeus).
d. Taste.
10. Vagus:
a. Autonomic control of heart, smooth muscle (gut and lungs).
b. Motory (pharyngeal muscle).
c. Sensory (heart, lungs, gut).
d. Taste.
e. Visceral reflexes (pain - ear, pharynx, larynx).
11. Accessory:
a. Motory (sternomastoid, trapezius).
12. Hypoglossal:
a. Motory (tongue, muscles).
Further Topics on Cranial Nerves:
1. Introduction to Cranial Nerves
2. Notes on Olfactory Nerve CN 1
3. Notes on Optic Nerve CN 2
4. Notes on Oculomotor Nerve CN 3
5. Notes on Trochlear Nerve CN 4
6. Notes on Trigeminal Nerve CN 5
7. Notes on Abducens Nerve CN 6
8. Notes on Facial Nerve CN 7
9. Notes on Vestibulocochlear Nerve CN 8
10. Notes on Glossopharyngeal Nerve CN 9
11. Notes on Vagus Nerve CN 10
12. Notes on Accessory Nerve CN 11
13. Notes on Hypoglossal Nerve CN 12
14. Summary of Cranial Nerve Nuclei
15. Summary of Cranial Nerve Functions
Additional Reading:
Basic Neurology
1. Peripheral Nervous System
2. Central Nervous System
3. The Ventricular System
4. The Spinal Cord
5. The Brain Stem
6. The Cerebellum
7. Visual Pathways
8. Diencephalon
9. Basal Ganglia
10. Cerebral Cortex
11. Sleep Disorders
12. Autonomic Nervous System
13. Cranial Nerves and Parasympathetic Ganglia
14. Cells of the Nervous System
15. Cerebrospinal fluid
16. Additional short notes on Cerebrum
17. Functions and Diseases of Cerebrum
18. Subcortical Grey Matter
19. Notes on The Spinal Cord
20. Regulation of Heart Rate by Autonomic Nervous System
21. Action Potentials, Axon Conduction, and Neuromuscular Junction
22. Types of Seizures
23. What is a Cough Reflex?
24. Notes on Congenital Prosopagnosia
25. Findings in Parkinson's Disease
26. Types of Heat Strokes
27. Types of Strokes
28. What is Benign Intracranial Hypertension?
29. What is Cauda Equina Syndrome?
30. Cranial Nerve Locations in Brain Stem
31. What is a Cluster Headache?
32. What is a Subarachnoid Hemorrhage?
33. What is a Tension Headache?
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