Communication- Cranial Nerves

Mnemonic Device

Old open oceans trouble Tribesmen about fish venom giving various acute headaches

old

olfactory

• smell

open

optic

• vison

Oceans

Oculomotor

• eye movement/pupil control

Trouble

Trochlear

• eye movement (superior oblique muscle)

  • down and in movements

Tribesmen

Trigeminal

• facial sensation, eye movement, chewing (mastication)

about

abducens

• eye movement (lateral rectus muscle)

  • up and out

fish

facial

• facial expression, taste, salivation

• facial movement and sensory information from the front 2/3 of the tongue

venom

vestibulocochlear

• hearing, balance

Giving

glossopharyngeal

taste, swallowing, salivation

• back 1/3 of tongue

• pharynx

various

vagus nerve

• heart rate, digestion, swallowing

• Laryngeal and pharyngeal movements

• crucial for phonation

acute

accessory

• neck and sholder movements

headaches

hypoglossal

• tongue movement

• speaking and swallowing

Motor or sensory Mnemonic 

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