Cranial nerves rap

Hey man, what's up?Yo, I was just calling about the cranial nerves test we have next week.Yeah, what about it? You ready for it?Nah, man; I find it so hard trying to remember all 12 nerves!Yeah, I get that.

Have you tried Osmosis?What, put a textbook to my head and hope it diffuses into my brain?No, man...Does that work?I don't think so, I don't feel anything.Well, I mean Osmosis, they're people who help med students learn!

They make videos, yeah.How much can you learn from a video?You'd be surprised. Check this out!Where is that music coming from?Just listen closely:Number one, the first piece in this whole galleryEnjoy your favorite food without a sole calorieWell it makes sense to me and I’m not talkin’ salaryThe nerve pickin’ particles out is the olfactoryNumber 2, let me get you up to speed with a synopsisthe nerve that I do all my seeing with is the opticPassin’ through the pupil, light’s sent into the retinaYour eye will spy exactly where I’m going on this topicBut that’s not the only one controlling the eye, thisnerve: Number Three’s the one contracting the irisIf we’re speakin’ ciliary this is your controllerOr keep your eyes rollin with the oculomotorIf lights are movin’ up and down like a copierWhat nerve is lettin’ your eyes follow?

The trochlearIt’s Number Four, but it’s got a singular missionIronic that a purpose is prevent double vision“The brain and the spinal cordconnecting like a circuit board,to send signals from all of the aboveAxons and dendritesreading different stimuliand store memories for learning or for love.”Number Six, a sight nerve’s got you lookin’ left and right,Like you’re crossing the street, or when you write and you reador, if ya lookin’ to sneak, or following somebody servingThe abducens movin’ your eyes, like they’re swervingNow back to number five, you thought I skipped one?Nah, take V and make it three like I split oneIt’d give your face a sensation if I hit oneI’m talkin’ trigeminal in general, I won’t pick oneThis is still the fifth nerveI’m gettin’ in your face, innervating the skinV3 master of mastication and the lips to the chinV2 is sensitive from the teeth to where you cryV1 has got you covered from nose to hairlineThe next nerve is the facial, gettin’ you expressin’It’s on the tip of the tongue, oh yeah, Number SevenGets you salivating whenever there’s food nearbyAnd if you’re nervous, this nerve is also helping you cry“The brain and the spinal cordconnecting like a circuit board,to send signals from all of the aboveAxons and dendritesreading different stimuliand store memories for learning or for love.”Now the best things have got to be heard With the Vestibulocochlear nerve (number eight)All the auditory, ain’t all that it’s handlingIt manages on the account of your balancingNumber nine’s why gagging got so instinctualSame with the swallow, it’s the glossopharyngealRang a bell like Pavlov?

You salivate like a mad dogAnd the places it sensates? I would tell you ‘em all but has lotsSo let’s move on to the next nerve, number 10 the VagusSlow down and digest this if your idea is the vaguestBasically it does the opposite of fight or flight Tell your heart to calm down, alright?

AlrightAnd nod your head to the beat for the rest of theseWe got a couple left to see, (Number eleven)like the accessoryIt’ll let you shrug your shoulders if you don’t knowAnd shake your head “no” if you know that you won’t goAnd finally, number twelve,