Nerve
Nerve Type
Function
Olfactory nerve
Sensory
Associated with smell
Optic Nerve
Sensory
Associated with vision
Trochlear nerve
Motor
Moves eyeball
Trigeminal nerve
Mixed
Sensory nerve of the face
Facial nerve
Mixed
Facial expressions
Abducens nerve
Motor
Moves the eye/ abducts
Vestibulocochlear nerve
Sensory
Hearing from cochlea
Glossopharyngeal Nerve
Mixed
Taste, chemoreceptors of
carotid artery
Hypoglossal Nerve
Motor
Motor fibers to muscles of
tongue
Vagus Nerve
Mixed
Sensory impulses for viscera
Accessory Nerve
Motor
Motor fibers to trapezius
Cervical Nerves
Spinal nerve