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12-8: Cranial Nerves - by name Flashcards

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Olfactory - number and type

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I; sensory

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2
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Olfactory - function

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smell

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3
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Olfactory - damage

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anosmia

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4
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Optic - number and type

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II; sensory

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5
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Optic - function

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vision

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Optic - damage

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blindness, anopsias

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Oculomotor - number and type

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III; motor

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Oculomotor - function

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movement of the eyeball and eyelid, focus lens, constrict pupil

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Oculomotor - damage

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diplopia (double vision), ptosis (dropping eyelids), external strabismus (eye moves laterally)

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Trochlear - number and type

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IV; motor

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11
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Trochlear - function

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movement of eye inferolaterally

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12
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Trochlear - damage

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diplopia

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13
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Trigeminal - number and type

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V; mixed; largest cranial nerve

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Trigeminal - function

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sensory: touch, pain, and temperature from face
motor: controls muscles of chewing (MOM)

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Trigeminal - damage

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paralysis of chewing muscles; trigeminal neuralgia

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Abducens - number and type

17
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Abducens - function

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abducts eye

18
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Abducens - damage

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internal strabismus (cross eyed)

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Facial - number and type

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VII; mixed

20
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Facial - function

A

sensory: taste from anterior 2/3rds of tongue

motor function: muscles of facial expression

autonomic: tears and saliva

21
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Facial - damage

A

Bells Palsy (paralysis of facial muscles on affected side, partial loss of taste)

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Vestibulocochlear - number and type

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VIII; sensory

23
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Vestibulocochlear - function

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sense of hearing and sense of equilibrium

24
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Vestibulocochlear - damage

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verigo, nystagmus (rapid, involuntary eye movements), nerve deafness

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Glossopharyngeal - number and type

26
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Glossopharyngeal - function

A

sensory: taste, touch, and pain from throat and back of tongue
motor: swallowing and saliva production

27
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Vagus - number and type

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X; mixed; only cranial nerve to extend beyond head and neck

28
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Vagus - functions

A

sensory: sensations from internal organs
motor: contraction of smooth muscle and secretions of digestive glands

29
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Vagus - damage

A

loss of voice, dysphagia, impaired digestion; destruction of both = death

30
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Accessory - number and type

31
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Accessory - function

A

move head and neck

32
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Accessory - damage

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can’t shrug shoulders or turn head (head turns towards injured side)

33
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Hypoglossal - number and type

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XIII; motor

34
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Hypoglossal - function

A

tongue movements involved in swallowing and speech

35
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Hypoglossal - damage

A

difficulty with speech and swallowing

A&P 1 - Unit 4 (15 decks)

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