Cranial nerves

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    • What are the two main types of nerves mentioned?
      Sensory nerves and motor nerves
    • What do sensory nerves do?
      They bring signals to the brain
    • What do motor nerves do?
      They carry instructions to the muscles
    • What is the function of the facial nerve?
      To the tongue for taste, saliva, and tear glands
    • What is the function of the vestibulocochlear nerve?
      For hearing and balance
    • What is the function of the glossopharyngeal nerve?
      To the rear tongue for taste
    • What is the function of the hypoglossal nerve?
      To the tongue for speaking and swallowing
    • What is the function of the olfactory nerve?
      From the nose for smell
    • What is the function of the optic nerve?
      From the eye for vision
    • What do the oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens nerves do?
      They control eye muscles
    • What is the function of the trigeminal nerve?
      To the skin on the face
    • What is the function of the accessory nerve?
      To the voice box
    • What is the function of the vagus nerve?
      To lungs, heart, and other organs
    • What do sensory nerves bring signals from?
      From the sense organs
    • Which nerves are classified as sensory nerves?
      Olfactory, vestibulocochlear, and optic
    • Which nerves are classified as motor nerves?
      Oculomotor, trochlear, abducens, accessory, hypoglossal
    • Which nerves carry both sensory and motor signals?
      Vagus, trigeminal, facial, glossopharyngeal
    • What are the main types of cranial nerves and their functions?
      • Sensory nerves: Bring signals to the brain
      • Olfactory: Smell
      • Vestibulocochlear: Hearing and balance
      • Optic: Vision
      • Motor nerves: Carry signals to muscles
      • Oculomotor: Eye muscles
      • Trochlear: Eye muscles
      • Abducens: Eye muscles
      • Accessory: Voice box
      • Hypoglossal: Tongue for speaking and swallowing
      • Mixed nerves: Carry both sensory and motor signals
      • Vagus: Lungs, heart, other organs
      • Trigeminal: Skin on face
      • Facial: Taste, saliva, tear glands
      • Glossopharyngeal: Taste
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