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==Learning Mnemonic==
==Learning Mnemonic==
There are various ways to memorise the cranial nerves including both the names of the actual nerves themselves and also their functions/type of nerve fibre. Here are some examples for the nerve names and also some for the type of nerve.
There are various ways to memorise the cranial nerves including both the names of the actual nerves themselves and also their functions/type of nerve fibre. Here are some examples for the nerve names and also some for the type of nerve.
===Nerve Name Mneumonics===
===Nerve Name Mnemonics===
====Mneumonic 1====
====Mnemonic 1====
* '''O'''h (''O''lfactory I)
* '''O'''h (''O''lfactory I)
* '''O'''h (''O''ptic II)
* '''O'''h (''O''ptic II)
* '''S'''eems (''S''pinal/Accessory XI)
* '''S'''eems (''S''pinal/Accessory XI)
* '''H'''eavenly (''H''ypoglossal XII)
* '''H'''eavenly (''H''ypoglossal XII)
===Nerve Type Mneumonics===
===Nerve Type Mnemonics===
For the mnemonic below ''S = sensory'', ''M = motor'' and ''B = both'' (sensory and motor).
For the mnemonic below ''S = sensory'', ''M = motor'' and ''B = both'' (sensory and motor).
* '''S'''ome
* '''S'''ome