How to memorize cranial nerves

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How can I memories cranial nerves the easy way

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I can help you

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[h=4]From Dr Google!

I remember learning this in Nursing college.

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• O: olfactory nerve (CN I)
  
• O: optic nerve (CN II)
  
• O: oculomotor nerve (CN III)
  
• T: trochlear nerve (CN IV)
  
• T: trigeminal nerve(CN V)
  
• A: abducens nerve (CN VI)
  
• F: facial nerve (CN VII)
  
• A: auditory (or vestibulocochlear) nerve (CN VIII)
  
• G: glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
  
• V: vagus nerve (CN X)
  
• S: spinal accessory nerve (CN XI)
  
• H: hypoglossal (CN XII)
  

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• S: sensory (olfactory nerve - CN I)
  
• S: sensory (optic nerve - CN II)
  
• M: motor (oculomotor nerve - CN III)
  
• M: motor (trochlear nerve - CN IV)
  
• B: both (trigeminal nerve - CN V)
  
• M: motor (abducens nerve - CN VI)
  
• B: both (facial nerve - CN VII)
  
• S: sensory (vestibulocochlear nerve - CN VIII)
  
• B: both (glossopharyngeal nerve CN IX)
  
• B: both (vagus nerve - CN X)
  
• M: motor (spinal accessory nerve - CN XI)
  
• M: motor (hypoglossal nerve - CN XII)
  

If you write out the mnemonic for remembering the names next to the mnemonic for their function then they will align giving you an easier way to remember both the cranial nerve names and their function.