Cranial nerves

Cranial nerves

Discussion

Cranial nerves are nerves that are in communication with the brain and pass through the holes in the skull base in order to innervate various structures in addition to the head and neck.

Olfactory nerve (I, sensory) is the nerve of smell. It links information about odor from the nose and the olfactory centers of the brain(Meredith,2001).

 Oculomotor nerves (III, engine)it provides the innervations of 4 of the 6 muscles allow mobility of the eyeball: right upper / lower / medial and inferior oblique (eye movements up, down, inside). It also controls the levator muscle of upper eyelid. It carries special fibers to ...