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Visual learning: The figure below is especially useful to visual learners:<br />
There are 12 pairs of cranial nerves in humans.<br />
Their Roman numeral designations and<br />
names are:<br />
� I Olfactory<br />
� II Optic<br />
� III Oculomotor<br />
� IV Trochlear<br />
� V Trigeminal<br />
� VI Abducens<br />
� VII Facial<br />
� VIII<br />
Vestibulocochlear<br />
(auditory)<br />
� IX Glossopharyngeal<br />
� X Vagus<br />
� XI Accessory (spinal<br />
accessory)<br />
� XII Hypoglossal<br />
The cranial nerves mostly innervate structures in the head and neck.<br />
The cartoon codes for at least one major functional innervation of each cranial nerve. This drawing is<br />
based on one done by Beatrice Humphris, R.N. published in Nursing 1984.<br />
http://www.sci.uidaho.edu/med532/cranialnervebackgroundinfo.html<br />
Revised 5-3-2012 2
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