The Cranial Nerves & Parts Of The Brain

Front 1

Olfactory

Back 1

(1) Smell

Front 2

Optic

Back 2

(2) Sight

Front 3

Oculomotor

Back 3

(3) Pupil Size & Focusing Lens

Front 4

Trochlear

Back 4

(4) Voluntary Movement of Eye

Front 5

Trigeminal

Back 5

(5) Ophthalmic, Maxillary, Mandibular

Front 6

Ophthalmic

Back 6

Sensory info from Eyes, Scalp, Forehead, Upper Eyelids

Front 7

Maxillary

Back 7

Sensory info from Upper Teeth, Upper Gum, Upper Lip, Palate, Skin of Face

Front 8

Mandibular

Back 8

Sensory info from Skin of Jaw, Lower Teeth, Lower Gum

Front 9

Abducens

Back 9

(6) Voluntary Eye Movement

Front 10

Facial

Back 10

(7) Sensory from taste - Anterior, Motor to Facial Muscles

Front 11

Vestibulocochlear

Back 11

(8) Vestibular & Cochlear

Front 12

Vestibular

Back 12

Head Position, Balance, Equilibrim

Front 13

Cochlear

Back 13

Hearing

Front 14

Glossopharyngeal

Back 14

(9) 2/3 of Tongue - Taste, Swallowing

Front 15

Vagus

Back 15

(10) Somatic motor to muscles of speech and swallowing, Motor to thoracic and abdominal cavity

Front 16

Accessory

Back 16

(11) Motor to muscles of soft palate, pharynx, larynx, neck

Front 17

Hypoglossal

Back 17

(12) Speaking, Chewing, Swallowing

Front 18

Cervical

Back 18

8

Front 19

Thorasci

Back 19

12

Front 20

Lumbar

Back 20

5

Front 21

Sacral

Back 21

5

Front 22

Coccygeal

Back 22

1

Front 23

Gyri

Back 23

Ridges in the Brain

Front 24

Sulci

Back 24

Between the ridges in the brain

Front 25

Longitudinal

Back 25

Separates hemispheres

Front 26

Cerebral Cortex

Back 26

Superficial layer of gray matter

Front 27

Makes up most of cerebrum

Back 27

White Matter

Front 28

Cutaneous Sensory Area

Back 28

Interprets sensations from opposite side of body

Front 29

Visual Area

Back 29

Vision

Front 30

Auditory Area

Back 30

Hearing

Front 31

Primary Motor Area

Back 31

Control voluntary muscles on opposite side

Front 32

Broca's Area

Back 32

Coordinate muscles needed for speech

Front 33

Diencephalon

Back 33

Thalamus & Hypothalamus

Front 34

Thalamus

Back 34

Impulse relay station

Front 35

Hypothalamus

Back 35

Metabolism

Front 36

Brainstem

Back 36

Brain & Spinal Cord

Front 37

Midbrain

Back 37

Visual & auditory reflexes, connects cerebral aqueduct

Front 38

Pons

Back 38

Regulates rhythm of breathing

Front 39

Medulla Oblongata

Back 39

Cardiac, Vasometer, Respiratory

Front 40

Reticular Formation

Back 40

Wakefulness

Front 41

Cerebellum

Back 41

Coordination, posture, balance

Front 42

Reflex Arc Pathway

Back 42

Sensory Receptor, Sensory Neuron, Inter-neuron, Motor Neuron, Effector

Front 43

Withdrawal Reflex

Back 43

3 Neurons

Front 44

Patellar/Knee Jerk Reflex

Back 44

2 Neurons

Front 45

Ventral

Back 45

Motor

Front 46

Dorsal

Back 46

Sensory

Front 47

Plexuses

Back 47

Ventral branches joined together