Cranial Nerves

Acronym

Cranial

Roman

Motor

Function

ON

Olfactory

I

SOME

Smell

OLD

Optic

II

SAY

Vision (retinal)

OLYMPUS

Oculomotor

III

MARRY

Pupil constr/Eye mvmnt

TINY

Trochlear

IV

MONEY

Eye mvmnt

TOPS

Trigeminal

V

BUT

Sensory face, mastication

A

Abducens

VI

MY

Eye mvmnt

FIN

Facial

VII

BROTHER

Face motor, taste ant. 2/3

AND

Auditory

VIII

SAYS

Hearing

GERMAN

Glossal-pharyngeal

IX

BAD

gag sense, swallowing *

VIEWED

Vagus

X

BUSINESS

Parasympathetic, cough *

SOME

Spinal accessary

XI

MARRY

Shrug shoulders

HOPS

Hypopharyngeal

XII

MONEY

Tongue protrusion

* participates in phonation.