Cranial Nerves
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Cranial Nerves
Introduction The cranial nerves are important nerves in our brain and they are located on the bottom surface of human brain. They are twelve pairs of nerves. Some of the cranial nerves are responsible to control body muscles, some of the cranial nerves are associated with the internal organs or glands such as human heart of lungs and some of the cranial nerves are responsible to take information from the sense organs to the brain. A list of these nerves is given below with a detail of their functioning etc.
Cranial Nerves Types, Functioning, Impulse
Number Name Function Impulse
1- Olfactory Nerve Smell Sensory
2- Optic Nerve Vision Sensory …show more content…
Controls the muscles that are used in facial expressions. Mixed
8- Vestibulocochlear Nerve Controls hearing and balance Mixed, mainly motor
9- Glossopharyngeal Nerve Controls taste functioning. Takes information from sense organ, tongue, tonsil and pharynx. Controls muscle that are used in swallowing Mixed
10- Vagus Nerve Controls sensory, motor and automatic function s Mixed
11- Spinal Accessory Nerve Controls muscle related to head movement Mixed, mainly motor
12- Hypoglossal Nerve Controls tongue muscle Mixed, mainly motor
Assessment techniques in case of damage of any Nerve
Cranial nerves start working direct from the brain through different human body organs. Disorders that can cause any damage in cranial nerves are inclusive of injuries, inadequate blood supply, and use of drugs, infections, tumors or inflammation. Damage in cranial nerves also causes headache or facial pain. Damage of cranial nerves can affect our hearing, eye sight, taste, swallowing, facial expressions, muscles of neck, etc. In case of any damage, the doctors ask for these symptoms to the patient. Further, he will test the cranial nerve functioning and after that a computer tomography will be needed to image the functioning of cranial nerve. If any eye eight or eye movement issue happens, we ask the patient to move their eyes to a specific point or target to check the movement.
[Your Name]
[Mentor’s Name]
[Course Code and Course Name] [The date]
Cranial Nerves
Introduction The cranial nerves are important nerves in our brain and they are located on the bottom surface of human brain. They are twelve pairs of nerves. Some of the cranial nerves are responsible to control body muscles, some of the cranial nerves are associated with the internal organs or glands such as human heart of lungs and some of the cranial nerves are responsible to take information from the sense organs to the brain. A list of these nerves is given below with a detail of their functioning etc.
Cranial Nerves Types, Functioning, Impulse
Number Name Function Impulse
1- Olfactory Nerve Smell Sensory
2- Optic Nerve Vision Sensory …show more content…
Controls the muscles that are used in facial expressions. Mixed
8- Vestibulocochlear Nerve Controls hearing and balance Mixed, mainly motor
9- Glossopharyngeal Nerve Controls taste functioning. Takes information from sense organ, tongue, tonsil and pharynx. Controls muscle that are used in swallowing Mixed
10- Vagus Nerve Controls sensory, motor and automatic function s Mixed
11- Spinal Accessory Nerve Controls muscle related to head movement Mixed, mainly motor
12- Hypoglossal Nerve Controls tongue muscle Mixed, mainly motor
Assessment techniques in case of damage of any Nerve
Cranial nerves start working direct from the brain through different human body organs. Disorders that can cause any damage in cranial nerves are inclusive of injuries, inadequate blood supply, and use of drugs, infections, tumors or inflammation. Damage in cranial nerves also causes headache or facial pain. Damage of cranial nerves can affect our hearing, eye sight, taste, swallowing, facial expressions, muscles of neck, etc. In case of any damage, the doctors ask for these symptoms to the patient. Further, he will test the cranial nerve functioning and after that a computer tomography will be needed to image the functioning of cranial nerve. If any eye eight or eye movement issue happens, we ask the patient to move their eyes to a specific point or target to check the movement.