cranial nerve functions

Olfactory

Smell 👃

Optic

Vision 👁️

Oculomotor

Moves most eye muscles, lifts the eyelid, and constricts the pupil

Trochlear .

Moves the eye downward and inward

Trigeminal

Feeling in the face and chewing

Abducens

Moves the eye outward

Facial

Facial expressions, taste from the front of the tongue, tears, and saliva

Vestibulocochlear

Hearing and balance 👂

Glossopharyngeal

Taste and sensation from the back of the tongue; helps with swallowing

Vagus

Controls swallowing, voice, heart rate, digestion, and many internal organs

Accessory

Moves the shoulders and turns the head

Hypoglossal

Moves the tongue