CRANIAL NERVES
Nerve Type Central Peripheral functions
connection connection
Olfactory nerve Sensory Olfactory bulb Olfactory mucosa Smell
Optic nerve Sensory Lateral Retina of eye Vision
geniculate
nucleus of
thalamus
Occulomotor Motor Midbrain 4 extra ocular eye Movement of eyeball and
nerve muscles, levator eyelids, accommodation of lens
palpebrae, for near vision and constriction
parasympathetic axons of pupil
Trochlear nerve Motor Midbrain Superior oblique Movement of eyeball
muscles
Trigeminal nerve Mixed Pons Skin of nose, upper Impulse of touch, pain,
eyelid and nasal cavity temperature sensations &
mucosa, lacrimal proprioception from that areas
glands, skin of face innervated
Nerve Type Central Peripheral functions
connection connection
Olfactory nerve Sensory Olfactory bulb Olfactory mucosa Smell
Optic nerve Sensory Lateral Retina of eye Vision
geniculate
nucleus of
thalamus
Occulomotor Motor Midbrain 4 extra ocular eye Movement of eyeball and
nerve muscles, levator eyelids, accommodation of lens
palpebrae, for near vision and constriction
parasympathetic axons of pupil
Trochlear nerve Motor Midbrain Superior oblique Movement of eyeball
muscles
Trigeminal nerve Mixed Pons Skin of nose, upper Impulse of touch, pain,
eyelid and nasal cavity temperature sensations &
mucosa, lacrimal proprioception from that areas
glands, skin of face innervated
