The cranial nerves are 13 pairs of nerves that are attached directly to the brain or the brainstem instead of the spinal cord. They are:
- The terminal nerve
- The olfactory nerve
- The optic nerve
- The oculomotor nerve
- The trochlear nerve
- The trigeminal nerve
- The abducens nerve
- The facial nerve
- The vestibulocochlear nerve
- The glossopharyngeal nerve
- The vagus nerve
- The accessory nerve
- The hypoglossal nerve
Martha M. Masters used the mnemonic: "On Old Olympus' Towering Tops, A Friendly Viking Grew Vines And Hops," to remember the cranial nerves in Last Temptation.