(7) Cranial Nerves Flashcards
mnemonic to remember cranial nerve names
On = Olfactory Occasion= Optic Our= Oculomotor Trusty = Trochlear Truck= Trigeminal Acts = Abducens Funny= Facial Very= Vestibulocochlear Good= Glossopharyngeal Vehicle= Vagus Any= Accessory How= Hypoglossal
mnemonic to remember sensory/motor/both of cranial nerves
Some= olfactory Say= optic Money= oculomotor Matters= trochlear But= trigeminal My= abducens Brother= facial Says= vestibulocochlear Big= glossopharyngeal Brains= vagus Matter= accessory Most= hypoglossal
3 different types of nerves
sensory (afferent) vs motor (efferent)
somatic vs visceral
general sensory vs special sensory
general sensory vs special sensory example
general= pain, temperature, touch, proprioception
special= vision, hearing, smell (NOT TASTE)
6 nerve types
somatic sensory (Ss)-- sensations from face special sensory (Sp) -- smell, vision, hearing somatic motor (Sm)-- extraocular muscles (innervate skeletal muscle)
Visceral sensory (Vi)-- gut distension, taste visceral motor (A)-- salivary gland pharyngeal (P) -- facial muscle
most skeletal muscle of the body is derived from…
myotomes
innervation of myotomes is
somatic motor
some skeletal muscle in the head and neck are derived from…
branchial (gill) arches
innervation is pharyngeal motor (P)
- give rise to muscle of facial expression, chewing, jaw
what are ganglia?
similar structure and function
outside CNS (in PNS)
2 neuron chain of general visceral efferents (autonomics)
- preganglionic neuron projects to ganglion; synapses (acetycholine) onto post ganglionic neuron
- post ganglionic neuron projects to target
general visceral efferents arise entirely from…
spinal cord
general visceral efferents sympathetics emerge from
intermediate horn spinal cord (T2-L3) and travel through sympathetic chain
general visceral efferents sympathetics synapse..
either within chain or abdominal or pelvic ganglia
preganglionic and postganglionic length of general visceral efferents sympathetics
preganglionic= short
post-ganglionic= long
post ganglionic neurotransmitter
general visceral efferents sympathetics
noradrenaline
is there a sympathetic component of cranial nerves?
NO sympathetic component
general visceral efferents parasympathetics emerge from
- principle supply from cranial nerves
- part of some cranial nerves (and sacral spinal nerves)
general visceral efferents parasympathetics length of pre/post ganglionic
pre-ganglionic= long
post-ganglionic= short
post ganglionic neurotransmitter
general visceral efferents parasympathetics
acetycholine
preganglionic portiosn of general visceral efferents parasympathetics found where?
at specific nucleus in brainstem, or found in grey matter of lowest levels of the spinal cord (S2-S4)
what is CN I
Olfactory nerve
is CN I sensory/motor/both
sensory only
what type of sensory is CNI
special sensory (Sp)
- olfaction and smell
multiple elements of CNI passes from…
olfactory epithelium through skull to reach olfactory bulb where it synapses
what is CNII
Optic nerve
is CN II sensory/motor/both
sensory only
what type of sensory is CNII
Special sensory (Sp)
- vision from retina
CNII fibers cross where? terminate?
some fibers cross at optic chiasma
- terminate in thalamus (LGN), midbrain (superior colliculus), and hypothalamus
what is CNIII
oculomotor
is CNIII sensory/motor/both
motor only
what type of motor is CNIII
somatic motor (Sm)
Visceral Motor (A)
somatic motor of CNIII
- most extraocular eye muscles (medial, superior, inferior recti; inferior oblique; levator palpebrae superioris)
visceral motor of CNIII
pupil diameter
- constriction, parasympathetic
CNIII emerges from…
anterior, rostral midbrain
damage to CNIII results in
eye movement problems
6 muscles the produce eye movement
- superior rectus
- lateral rectus
- medial rectus
- inferior rectus
- superior oblique
- inferior oblique
6 different eye movements
adduction abduction elevation depression extorsion intorsion
what is adduction eye movement & what muscle
pupil toward midline/nose
- medial rectus
what is abduction eye movement & what muscle
pupil away from nose (temporally)
- lateral rectus
what is elevation eye movement & what muscle
move pupil up within orbit
- superior rectus + inferior oblique
what is depression eye movement & what muscle
move pupil down within orbit
- inferior rectus + superior oblique
what is extorsion eye movement
pupil rotate away from midline
what is intorsion eye movement
pupil rotate toward midline
levator palpebrae superioris contributes to
elevation of the upper eyelid
weakness of levator palpebrae results in (what is it called)
weakness of muscle or loss of innervation leads to droopy eye lid called ptosis
oculomotor nerve carries… (pre/post ganglionic)
preganglionc parasympathetics to the ciliary ganglion
post-ganglionic carried by the short ciliary nerve to the eye
what is CN IV
Trochlear
is CN IV sensory/motor/both
Motor only
what type of motor CN IV
somatic motor (Sm)
- extraocular eye muscles (nerve supply for superior oblique)
movement of eyeball
CN IV emerges from
posterior caudal midbrain/rostral pons
what makes CN IV special?
only nerve that emerges from posterior of brainstem
damage to CN IV results in?
when ask for depression (move down in orbit), eye deviates from midline
what is CN V
trigeminal nerve
is CN V sensory/motor/both
BOTH
what motor and sensory is CN V?
pharyngeal (P)
somatic sensory (Ss)
pharyngeal CNV (2)
(motor)
- muscles of mastication (chewing)
- inner ear muscle (tensor tympani)
somatic sensory of CN V (2)
- sensation (pain, temperature, touch, conscious proprioception) from face, scalp, cornea, nasal and oral cavity, anterior 2/3 tongue, dura (surrounding brain)
- unconscious proprioception (muscles of mastication)
where does CN V emerge from?
lateral pons, mid-pons
4 muscles of mastication
temporalis
masseter
medial pterygoids
lateral pterygoids
sensory fibers of trigeminal nerve are distributed to surface of face in what 3 divisions?
ophthalmic division
maxillary division (cheek bones)
mandibular division (lower jaw, teeth)
what is tensor tympani
muscle that attaches to tympanic membrane directly
tympanic membrane (where the ear canal terminates– the eardrum)
what is the function of tensor tympani?
dampen nose of chewing
- when tensed, muscle pulls the malleus medially, tensing tympanic membrane and damping vibration in the ear ossicles
- reducing perceive amplitude of sounds
what is CN VI?
abducens nerve
is CN VI sensory/motor/both
motor only
what type of motor is CN VI?
somatic motor (Sm)
- extraocular eye muscles (lateral rectus muscle)
damage to CN VI results in??
loss of function/weakness in lateral rectus, difficult move eye laterally
CN VI emerges from
caudal pons, medial