| Function | Name |
| recieves sensory info from the nose (I) | |
| recieves sensory info from the eye, transmitting the sense of vision to the brain (II) | |
| transmits motor info to move the eye muscles particularly to the medial, superior and inferior rectus muscles and to inferior oblique muscle (III) | |
| transmits motor info to move the eye muscles particularly the superior oblique muscle (IV) | |
| a 3 branched nerve; transmits both sensory and motor info to the head (V) | |
| a motor nerve to move the eye muscles particularly the later rectus muscle (VI) | |
| a large nerve that receives sensory info from the anterior tongue and takes motor info to the head muscles (VII) | |
| receives sensory info from the ear, transmits equilibrium info and transmits acoustic info (VIII) | |
| a mixed nerve of the tongue and throat that receives info on taste (IX) | |
| receives sensory info from the abdomen, thorax, neck and root of tongue; transmits motor info to the pharynx and larynx and controls autonomonic functions of the heart, digestive o | |
| a motor nerve to the muscles of the neck that move the head (XI) | |
| a motor nerve to the tongue (XII) | |