| olfactory | cn I |
| olfactory | sensory nerve; smell |
| optic | cn II |
| optic | sensory nerve; acuity, visual fields |
| oculomotor | cn III |
| oculomotor | movement nerve; pupillary constriction, eyelids |
| trochlear | cn IV |
| trochlear | movement nerve; move eye up and down |
| trigeminal | cn V |
| trigeminal | sensory both sensory and movement nerve; opthalmic, maxillary, and mandibular, divisions, mastication and senses on face |
| abducens | cn VI |
| abducens | movement nerve; neuromuscular and lateral extraocular eye movement |
| facial | cn VII |
| facial | both sensory and movement nerves; moves facial muscles and taste of anterior 2/3 of tongue |
| acoustic | cn VIII |
| acoustic | a sensory nerve; cochlear function and vestibular function |
| glossopharyngeal | cn IX |
| glossopharyngeal | a sensory and movement nerve; motor control of the posterior 1/3 of tongue, middle ear, and eustachian tube |
| vagus | cn X |
| vagus | a sensory and movement nerve; sensory control for GI viscera, heart, lungs, aortic bodies; motor for palate, pharynx, larynx, thoracic, and abdominal organs |
| spinal accessory | cn XI |
| spinal accessory | a movement nerve; motor control for sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles |
| hypoglossal | cn XII |
| hypoglossal | a movement nerve; motor for tongue |