Flashcards for Nursing: 12 Cranial Nerves Study Guide
These nerves are the olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, facial, vestibulocochlear, glossopharyngeal, vagus, accessory and hypoglossal.
Five cranial nerves have mixed sensory, motor and parasympathetic function. These five will be discussed in detail here. The mixed cranial nerves are CN III Occulomotor, CN V Trigeminal, CN VII Facial, CN IX Glossopharyngeal and CN X Vagus.