Olfactory nerve, optic nerve, facial nerve, glossopharyngeal . . . .I'm confused here
The only two cranial nerves that are completely sensory are the olfactory nerve (I) for smell and the optic nerve (II) for vision.
There are twelve pairs of cranial nerves in the human face that serve different functions such as sensory input, motor control, and autonomic control.
The trigeminal nerve (cranial nerve V) is a mixed cranial nerve that contains both sensory and motor fibers. It is responsible for sensation in the face and motor functions such as biting and chewing. The sensory component detects touch, pain, and temperature from the face, while the motor component innervates the muscles of mastication. Other mixed cranial nerves include the facial nerve (VII), glossopharyngeal nerve (IX), and vagus nerve (X).
Cranial nerves
The nerves involved in diplopia include three cranial nerves: the oculomotor nerve (third cranial nerve), the abducens nerve (sixth cranial nerve), and the trochlear nerve (fourth cranial nerve).
sensory nerve
There are 12 pairs of cranial nerves that are part of the PNS. These nerves are sensory, mixed and mostly motor.
Sensory nerves are the nerves that allow people to experience taste, touch, smell, sight, and hearing. For sight, there are photoreceptors; for hearing, there is stereocilia; for touch, there are motor neurons, and for smell there are olfactory sensory nerves.
The cranial nerves have various functions related to sensory, motor, or both. Some cranial nerves are primarily sensory, transmitting information from the senses like taste, smell, and vision to the brain. Others are mainly motor, controlling movements of the face, head, and neck muscles. Some cranial nerves have both sensory and motor functions, allowing for a combination of sensory input and motor control.
Cranial nerves III (oculomotor), IV (trochlear), VI (abducens), XI (accessory), and XII (hypoglossal) are motor nerves only.
The only two cranial nerves that are completely sensory are the olfactory nerve (I) for smell and the optic nerve (II) for vision.
Cranial nerves VII, IX and X are called mixed nerves because they contain both motor and sensory nerves.
There are 12 pairs of cranial nerves, which make a total of 24 cranial nerves. These nerves emerge directly from the brain and are responsible for various sensory, motor, and autonomic functions in the head and neck.
Cranial nerves are primarily sensory. These nerves are directly between the brain and the brainstem and are responsible for smell, vision, eye movement, facial sensation, and the tongue movement.
There are twelve pairs of cranial nerves in the human face that serve different functions such as sensory input, motor control, and autonomic control.
The question is asking what three cranial nerves are purely sensory in their function. Some relevant terms here are olfactory, optic, and auditory or vestibucochlear or acoustic nerves. The only three cranial nerves that are pure sensory in function are cranial nerve #1 : the olfactory nerve (smell), cranial nerve #2 : the optic nerve (sight), and cranial nerve #8 : the auditory/vestibucochlear/acoustic nerve (hearing).
Somatic sensory nerve impulses from the head travel through the cranial nerves, such as the trigeminal nerve (V), facial nerve (VII), and glossopharyngeal nerve (IX). These nerves carry sensory information to the brainstem, specifically to the trigeminal nerve nuclei, which process and relay the information to higher brain regions for further processing and perception.