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The Trochlear Nerve

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What is the nerve IV of the cranial nerves?

The nerve IV of the cranial nerves is the trochlear nerve. It is responsible for controlling the superior oblique muscle of the eye, which helps with downward and inward eye movements. It is the smallest cranial nerve in terms of the number of axons it contains.


What cranial nerve is used when smelling a flower?

The Olfactory nerve. CN1 Cranial Nerve I, or the first cranial nerve called the Olfactory nerve.


What number cranial nerve is the vagus nerve?

The vagus nerve is the 10th cranial nerve, also known as cranial nerve X.


How small can a nerve be?

he trochlear nerve (the fourth cranial nerve, also called the fourth nerve, IV) is a motor nerve (a "somatic efferent" nerve) that innervates a single muscle: thesuperior oblique muscle of the eye.The trochlear nerve is unique among the cranial nerves in several respects. It is the smallest nerve in terms of the number of axons it contains.


Smell impulses are carried by the cranial nerve called the?

Smell impulses are carried by the cranial nerve called the olfactory nerve (cranial nerve I). It is responsible for transmitting information about odors from the nose to the brain.


Which one of the following cranial nerves is NOT involved in either taste?

The optic nerve (cranial nerve II) is not involved in taste, as its primary function is vision. Taste is primarily mediated by the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII), glossopharyngeal nerve (cranial nerve IX), and vagus nerve (cranial nerve X).


What is the function of cranial nerves?

cranial nerve I: olfactory:smell cranial nerve II:optic:vision cranial nerve III: oculomotor: 4 of 6 eye muscles cranial nerve IV: trochlear: cranial nerve V: Trigeminal cranial nerve VI: Abducens cranial nerve VII: Facial cranial nerve VIII: Vestibulochlear: hearing cranial nerve IX: Grosspharnxgeal: saliva formation cranial nerve X: Vegus cranial nerve XI: Acessory Spinal: trapizious movement cranial nerve XII: Hypoglosseal: toungue movement


What cranial nerve is responsible for transmitting visual information?

Cranial Nerve 2 - Optic Nerve


What cranial nerve slows the heart?

Nerve X, Vagus


What is the Cranial nerve II called?

The second cranial nerve is the optic nerve.


Cranial nerve for sense of hearing?

The vestibulocochlear cranial nerve controls hearing.


What cranial nerve is involved in Bell's palsy?

The Facial Nerve or Cranial Nerve VII is the nerve involved with Bell's Palsy.