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Cranial Nerves

Remember the saying "Oh, oh, oh to touch and feel very good velvet, ah" to help remeber the order of the 12 cranial nerves
 
I-    Olfactory (smell)
II-   Optic (vision)
III-  Oculomotor (eye muscles)
IV-   Trochlear (eye muscles)
V-    Trigeminal (chewing)
VI-   Abducens (eye muscles)
VII-  Facial (expressions)
VIII- Vestibulocochlear (Hearing and balance)
IX-   Glossopharyngeal (swallowing)
X-    Vagus (digestion and heart rate)
XI-   Accessory (neck and back muscles)
XII-  Hypoglossal (tongue movement)