Athletic Training: Head & Face Test

Face Anatomy

mandible, zygomatic bone, maxilla, nasal bone, frontal bone, parietal bone, temporal bone, sphenoid bone, occipital bone, mastoid process, and styloid process

I Olfactory

Special sensory, for smell. Consists of small bundles of fibres passing from the nerve endings in the olfactory epithelium, through perforated bone at the top of the nose, to enter the olfactory bulb, underneath the frontal lobe.

II Optic

Special sensory, for vision. Made up of fibres that converge from the whole of the retina. Pass backwards to the base of the brain from the back of the eyeballs.

I Olfactory Special sensory, for smell. Consists of small bundles of fibres passing from the nerve endings in the olfactory epithelium, through perforated bone at the top of the nose, to enter the olfactory bulb, underneath the frontal lobe.

II Optic Special sensory, for vision. Made up of fibres that converge from the whole of the retina. Pass backwards to the base of the brain from the back of the eyeballs.

III Oculomotor Mainly motor to small muscles that move the eyeball. Also carry autonomic (parasympathetic) nerve fibres that constrict the pupil.

IV Trochlear Mainly motor to the muscle that turns the eyeball downwards and outwards.

V Trigeminal The largest of the cranial nerves, with 3 main divisions: ophthalmic, maxillary, and mandibular. Mainly sensory, from most of the tissues of the head, face, and mouth; motor to the muscles that move the lower jaw.

VI Abducens Motor to the muscle that moves the eyeball outwards

I Olfactory Special sensory, for smell. Consists of small bundles of fibres passing from the nerve endings in the olfactory epithelium, through perforated bone at the top of the nose, to enter the olfactory bulb, underneath the frontal lobe.

II Optic Special sensory, for vision. Made up of fibres that converge from the whole of the retina. Pass backwards to the base of the brain from the back of the eyeballs.

III Oculomotor Mainly motor to small muscles that move the eyeball. Also carry autonomic (parasympathetic) nerve fibres that constrict the pupil.

IV Trochlear Mainly motor to the muscle that turns the eyeball downwards and outwards.

V Trigeminal The largest of the cranial nerves, with 3 main divisions: ophthalmic, maxillary, and mandibular. Mainly sensory, from most of the tissues of the head, face, and mouth; motor to the muscles that move the lower jaw.

VI Abducens Motor to the muscle that moves the eyeball outwards