Nerve #

Nerve name

pneumonic

Sensory

Motor or

both

pneumonic

Function

I

Olfactory

One

Sensory

Some

Smell

II

Optic

Out

Sensory

Say

Vision

III

Oculomotor

Of

Motor

Mickey

Eyelid and eyeball movement

IV

Trochlear

Twelve

Motor

Mantle

Innervates superior oblique; movement of eyeball downwards and laterally

V

Trigeminal

Trained

Both

But

Chewing, touch, temperature sensation, pain on the face

VI

Abducens

Athletes

Motor

My

Turns eye laterally

VII

Facial

Finished

Both

Brother

Controls most facial expressions

Secretion of tears and saliva; taste

VIII

Vestibulocohlea

Various

Sensory

Says

Hearing

Equilibrium sensation

IX

Glossopharyngeal

Games

Both

Barry

Swallowing, taste, speech, salivation

Senses carotid blood pressure

X

Vagus

Victoriously

Both

Bonds!

Senses aortic blood pressure

Slows heart rate

Stimulates digestive organs; taste

Monitor:  blood O2 and CO2 concentration, smooth muscle contraction

XI

Accessory

And

Motor

Marvelous

Controls swallowing movements, head & shoulder movement (trapezius & sternocleidmastoid muscles movement)

XII

Hypoglossal

Honorably

motor

Men!

Controls tongue movements