Are the 12 pairs of cranial nerves mixed nerves?

No all of them are not mixed, some are only motor while some are sensory. read more

Type: Mixed Function: Transmit impulses to muscles associated with speech, swallowing, the heart, smooth muscles of visceral organs in the thorax, and abdomen. read more

It is a mixed cranial nerve (sensitive, sensory and motor), being the largest of all cranial nerves, it is the fifth of the 12 pairs of cranial nerves. Its function is to carry sensitive information to the face, to convey information for the chewing process. read more

Out of these 12 pairs of cranial nerves, 2 arise from cerebrum while the other from brain stem. These nerves are termed according to their structure or functions. Like optic nerve supply the eye and olfactory is related with smell. read more