Exit from skull: cribriform plate of ethmoid bone Aerent: special sensory !smell" Optic nerve [II] Exit from skull: optic canal Aerent: special sensory !vision" Function: vision Oculomotor nerve [III] Exit from skull: superior orbital #ssure Eerent: $eneral somatic eerent% $eneral visceral eerent Function: $eneral somatic eerent&innervates levator palpebrae superioris% superior rectus% inferior rectus% medial rectus% and inferior obli'ue muscles Function: $eneral visceral eerent&innervates sphincter pupillae for pupillary constriction( ciliary muscles for accommodation of the lens for near vision )rochlear nerve [I*] Exit from skull: superior orbital #ssure Function: innervates superior obli'ue muscle Eerent: $eneral somatic eerent )ri$eminal nerve [*] Exit from skull: superior orbital #ssure Function: innervates superior obli'ue muscle Eerent: $eneral somatic eerent Exit from skull: Foramen ovale&mandibular division [*+] Exit from skull: Foramen rotundum&maxillary nerve [*,] Exit from skull: -uperior orbital #ssure&ophthalmic division [*.] Eerent: branchial motor Aerent: $eneral somatic aerent Function: $eneral somatic aerent&sensory from: ophthalmic division [*.] Function: $eneral somatic aerent&sensory from: maxillary division [*,] Function: $eneral somatic aerent&sensory from: mandibular division [*+] Function: branchial motor&innervates temporalis% masseter% medial and lateral ptery$oids% tensor tympani% tensor veli palatini% anterior belly of di$astric% and mylohyoid muscles Abducens nerve [*I] Eerent: $eneral somatic eerent Function: innervates lateral rectus muscle Exit from skull: superior orbital #ssure Facial nerve [*II] Function: branchial motor&innervates muscles of face !muscles of facial expression" and scalp derived from the second pharyn$eal arch% and stapedius% posterior belly of di$astric% stylohyoid muscles Function: $eneral visceral eerent&innervates lacrimal $land% submandibular and sublin$ual salivary $lands% and mucous membranes of nasal cavity% hard and soft palates Function: special sensory&taste from anterior t/o&thirds of ton$ue Function: $eneral somatic aerent&sensory from part of external acoustic meatus and deeper parts of auricle Aerent: $eneral somatic aerent% $eneral visceral aerent% special sensory !taste" Eerent: $eneral visceral eerent% branchial motor )hese branches leave the skull throu$h other #ssures and canals Exit from skull: -tylomastoid foramen !nerve leaves cranial cavity throu$h internal acoustic meatus and $ives rise to branches in the facial canal of the temporal bone before exitin$" *estibulocochlear nerve [*III] Aerent: $eneral somatic aerent Exit from skull: internal acoustic meatus Function: balance% hearin$ 0lossopharyn$eal nerve [I1] Aerent: $eneral somatic aerent% $eneral visceral aerent Eerent: $eneral visceral eerent% branchial motor Exit from skull: 2u$ular foramen Function: $eneral visceral aerent&sensory from carotid body and sinus Function: $eneral somatic aerent&posterior one&third of ton$ue% palatine tonsils% oropharynx% mucosa of middle ear% pharyn$otympanic tube% and mastoid air cells Function: $eneral somatic aerent&taste from posterior one&third of ton$ue Function: $eneral visceral eerent&innervates parotid salivary $land Function: branchial motor&innervates stylopharyn$eus muscle *a$us nerve [1] Aerent: $eneral somatic aerent% $eneral visceral aerent% special sensory !taste" Eerent: $eneral visceral eerent% branchial motor Exit from skull: 2u$ular foramen Function: $eneral somatic aerent&sensory from larynx% laryn$opharynx% deeper parts of auricle% part of external acoustic meatus% and dura in posterior cranial fossa Function: $eneral visceral aerent&sensory from aortic body chemoreceptors and aortic arch baroreceptors% esopha$us% bronchi% lun$s% heart% and abdominal viscera of the fore$ut and mid$ut Function: $eneral somatic aerent&taste from the epi$lottis and pharynx Function: $eneral visceral eerent&innervates smooth muscle and $lands in the pharynx% larynx% thoracic viscera% and abdominal viscera of the fore$ut and mid$ut Function: branchial motor&innervates one ton$ue muscle !palato$lossus"% muscles of soft palate !except tensor veli palatini"% pharynx !except stylopharyn$eus"% and larynx Accessory nerve [1I] Eerent: $eneral somatic eerent Function: Innervates sternocleidomastoid and trape3ius muscles 4ypo$lossal nerve [1II] Eerent: $eneral somatic eerent Exit from skull: hypo$lossal canal Function: Innervates hyo$lossus% $enio$lossus% and stylo$lossus muscles and all intrinsic muscles of the ton$ue