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John Oyekanmi

The Twelve Cranial Nerves are:
1.) Olfactory Nerve (Responsible for Smell).
2.) Optic Nerve (Vision).
3.) Oculomotor Nerve (Accommodation and Sight).
4.) Trochlear (Superior Oblique Muscle).
5.) Trigeminal Nerve (Movement of Various Facial Components).
6.) Abducens (Abducent) Nerve (Controls the Lateral rectus Muscle enabling the sideways movement of the Eye).
7.) Facial Nerves (Facial Expression, Taste & Glands Close to the Head-Neck region (Salivary and Tear-producing glands).
8.) Vestibulocochlear (Hearing and Balance).
9.)Glossopharyngeal Nerve (Bitter Taste, Controls the Muscle "stylopharyngeus" located at the back of the throat).
10.) Vagus Nerve (Throat, Taste at the root of the Tongue, Peristalsis and Organs in the Chest and Trunk region of the Human Body). It is the Longest Known Nerve.
11.) Accessory Nerve (Controls the Movement of the Neck).
12.) Hypoglossal Nerve (Movement of Tongue Muscles).