Cranial Nerves

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Author's Note: I would like to dedicate this song to all the anatomy kids out there. I applaud and appreciate those who are going into the medical field.

Please note this is supposed to be a rap.

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Some Say Marry Money
But My Brother Says Big Brains Matter More
Some Say Marry Money
But My Brother Says Big Brains Matter More

When you want to smell, then use olfactory
The optic cranial nerve gives you sight to see

The third nerve is the oculomotor
It makes your pupil size big or smaller

Number four nerve: the trochlear
Moves you eye down with the superior oblique

Trigeminal, number five, used for mastication
Allows for face sensation, take in all that information

Number six, abducens, allows for eye abduction
Prevent double vision causing destruction

To taste and salivate, and keep your poker face stable
Number seven cranial nerve, it's called facial

Vestibulocochlear controls hearing and balance
Glossopharyngeal let you swallow gallons

The perfect ten, vagus, with it you critique me
This nerve controls heart rate, digestion and speech

Number eleven moves your head and shrugs shoulders
What a gift it is in the eyes of the beholder

Last but not least this nerve moves your tongue
Thank you, hypoglossal, now I'm done

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