| 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.
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