I Olfactory
sense of smell
II Optic
vision
III Oculomotor
innervation of all extrinsic ocular muscles except the superior oblique and lateral rectus
IV Trochlear
superior oblique eye muscles
V Trigeminal
exteroceptive sensation; motor innervation to muscles of mastication
VI Abducens
Motor innervation of lateral rectus ocular muscle
VII Facial
motor innervation of facial muscles; taste, tactile sense of external auditory meatus, lacrimal glands for tears, salivary glands
VIII Vestibulocochlear
auditory and vestibular nerves
IX Glossopharyngeal
somatic sense from posterior one-third of tongue, pharynx, tonsils, etc.
X Vagus
cutaneous sensation, external auditory meatus, sensory info from pharynx, taste sensors of epiglottis
XI Accessory
Anastomoses with X Vagus to form recurrent laryngeal nerve, motor innervation sternocleidomastoid and trapezius
XII Hypoglossal
motor innervation of muscles of the tongue
Cerebrovascualr Accident
a most prominent acquired condition that takes on two forms, ischemic and hemorrhagic
Traumatic Brain Injury
an acquired condition that is mostly caused by motor vehicle accidents
Progressive Degenerative Diseases
continual decline that affects speech, language, cognition, and hearing problems
Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis
motor neuron disease is characterized by progressive degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons
Parkinson’s disease
progressive neuromotor disease arising from a lesion to the substantia nigra, which supplies dopamine to the basal ganglia control circuitry
Huntington’s Disease
progressive genetic condition causing atrophy of the cerebral cortex and basal ganglia
Myasthenia Gravis
myoneural junction disease that arises from an autoimmune response to the ion channels of the motor neuron
Bell’s Palsy
affects only the VII facial nerve
Spastic Dysarthria
upper motor neuron lesion
Flaccid Dysarthria
lower motor neuron lesion
Ataxic Dysarthria
cerebellum and cerebellar pathway lesion
Hyperkinetic Dysarthria
basal ganglia and extrapyramidal pathway lesion