Cranial Nerves

. # Name Class Foramen Function . NI Olfactory Sensory Olfactory foramen Sensory information for smell . NII Optic Sensory Optic canal Sensory information for sight . NIII Oculomotor Motor Superior orbital fissure Controls 4 of 6 extrinsic eye muscles . NIV Trochlear Motor Superior orbital fissure Controls superior oblique muscle of eye . NV Trigeminal Mixed Superior orbital fissure Sensory and motor for head and face . Sphenoid bone . Foramen ovale . NVI Adbucens Motor Superior orbital fissure Controls lateral rectus muscle of eye . NVII Facial Mixed Stylomastoid foramen Sensory for anterior tongue/motor to face . NVIII Vestibulocochlear Sensory Auditory meatus Vestibular branch for equilibrium . Cochlear branch for sense of hearing . NIX Glossopharyngeal Mixed Jugular foramen Sensory for taste of posterior tongue/pharynx/motor control of throat . NX Vagus Mixed Jugular foramen Sensory and motor to most major of organs . NXI Accessory Motor Jugular foramen Controls muscles of head and neck . NXII Hypoglossal Motor Hypoglossal canal Motor control of tongue