| The Cranial Nerve Song for Med Students and anyone learning the topic! The lyrics give the functions of each cranial nerve, and also the foramen of exit and pathological conditions of some of them! Background music (In order) - • Somewhere over the Rainbow (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole) • Yesterday (The Beatles) • Every breath you take (The Police) • Don't Worry, Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin) • I'm Yours (Jason Mraz) • Build me up, Buttercup (The Foundations) • Annie's Song (John Denver) • Stand by me (Ben E King) Complete Lyrics - Oh, Oh, Oh, To Touch And Feel Very Good Velvet. Such Heaven, Oh, Oh, Oh, To Touch And Feel Very Good Velvet. Such Heaven! Somewhere over the cranial fossa, Way up high, Lies 12 cranial nerves that are extremely vital, But really why/ Why or why? The olfactory, Optic, occulomotor, Trochlear and Trigeminal, Abducens and Facial, Vestibulocochlear, glossopharyngeal, Vagus, Accessory and Hypoglossal nerves, Let's see what each serves. Olfactory, The first cranial nerve, it's sensory, Carrying afferent fibres importantly, It helps me smell the air I breathe. Then Visually, The Optic nerve comes very handy, With afferent fibres to help me to see, The world around me, so beautifully. Then nerves 3, 4 and 6 partake, In every eye movement you make, Through the Superior Orbital Fissure, Helps me look around with pleasure, So I can be watching you. Occulomotor nerve you see, Innervates the sphincter pupillae, And all rectus muscles but one, With Lower (inferior ... |