Anatomy Flashcards
Where does the CN II exist the cranial cavity?
Optic canal
What arteries supply the frontal lobe?
- ACA
- MCA
What is the function of CN VII (FACIAL)?
Facial movement and taste from anterior tongue (sensory, motor and parasympathetic)
What is the function of CN XII (HYPOGLOSSAL)?
Tongue movement (motor)
Sensory neglect and apraxia usually develop in wich hemisphere?
The nondominant one (usually right)
What is the function of CN V (TRIGEMINAL)?
Mastication and facial sensation (sensory and motor)
Where does the CN VII exist the cranial cavity?
Internal auditory canal
What are the meninges?
- The pia mater is thin, transparent, and really not visible on gross inspection
- Subarachnoid space
- The arachnoid mater is visible as a thin, semi-transparent covering
- Sudural space
- The dura is the much thicker, outer layer that has the consistency of leather
- Epidural space
What are the functions of the parietal lobe?
- Sensation
- Spacial relationships
- Vision
- Attention
What is the function of CN XI (ACCESSORY)?
Head turning and trapezius (motor)
What arteries supply the thalamus?
- ACA
- Posterior communicating artery
What artery supplies the occipital lobe?
PCA
Where does the CN I exist the cranial cavity?
Cribiform plate
What is the function of CN I (OLFACTORY)?
Smell (sensory)
What arteries supply the parietal lobe?
- ACA
- MCA
Following a stroke:
- Apraxia or aphasia
- Contralateral hemianesthesia and hemiplegia of face and arms
What artery is involved?
Middle cerebral artery
Where does the CN X exist the cranial cavity?
Jugular foramen
What is the function of CN X (VAGUS)?
Taste from supraglottic region, swallowing, soft palate elevation, talking and cough reflex (sensory, motor, sympathetic and parasympathetic)
What is the function of CN IV (TROCHLEAR)?
Eye movement (motor)
What is the function of CN III (OCULOMOTOR)?
Eye movement (motor and parasympathetic)
Where does the CN VI exist the cranial cavity?
Superior orbital fissure
What arteries supply the temporal lobe?
- ACA
- MCA
- Temper-occipital artery