Understand Those 12 Nerves Without
Losing Your Mind. Olfactory (sensory or motor) |
Updated 2025/2026.
Sensory
II. Optic (sensory or motor)
Sensory
III. Oculomotor (sensory or motor)
Motor
IV. Trochlear (sensory or motor)
Motor
V. Trigeminal (sensory or motor)
Both
VI. Abducens (sensory or motor)
Motor
VII. Facial (sensory or motor)
Both
VIII. Vestibulocochlear (sensory or motor)
Sensory
IX. Glossopharyngeal (sensory or motor)
Both
X. Vagus(sensory or motor)
Both
XI. Accessory (sensory or motor)
Motor
XII. Hypoglossal (sensory or motor)
Motor
Olfactory nerve (number)
I.
Optic nerve (number)