What is the best mnemonic to memorize the 12 cranial nerves. The nerve names are as listed below:
- Olfactory (Smell)
- Optic (Sight)
- Oculomotor (Moves eyelid and eyeball and adjusts the pupil and lens of the eye)
- Trochlear (Moves eyeballs)
- Trigeminal (Facial muscles incl. chewing; Facial sensations)
- Abducens (Moves eyeballs)
- Facial (Taste, tears, saliva, facial expressions)
- Vestibulocochlear (Auditory)
- Glossopharyngeal (Swallowing, saliva, taste)
- Vagus (Control of PNS e.g. smooth muscles of GI tract)
- Accessory (Moving head & shoulders, swallowing)
- Hypoglossal (Tongue muscles - speech & swallowing)