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Brainstem and Cranial nerves Flashcards

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What is the Brainstem made up of?

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  • Midbrain
  • Pons
  • Medulla
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Which CN’s have their nuclei/are connected to the brain stem?

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10 out of the 12 CN’s are.

The first 2 are not - olfactory & optic

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What is important in motor co-ordination?

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The Cerebellum

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What are the mamillary bodies part of?

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The Hypothalamus, not the brain stem

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What are the Crus Cerebri?

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Huge fibre tracts that convey info from cortex to periphery and vice versa

also connects to higher brain centres

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What do the middle cerebellar peduncles do?

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Connect the brain stem to the cerebellum

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What does the cerebellum overlie?

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The 4th ventricle

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How many pairs of Cerebellar peduncles are there?

Which one is the largest?

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There are 3 pairs:

  • superior
  • middle
  • inferior

Middle ones are the largest

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What do the Superior and Inferior Colliculi do?

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Superior Colliculi:

  • conveys visual info from the eyes to the visual cortex

Inferior Colliculi:

  • relays auditory information
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Where do the Corticospinal tracts run through?

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The Pyramids

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Where does a larger portion of the Corticospinal tract decussate?

What is this portion?

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At the level of the pyramids

80% decussate here

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Which Cranial nerves attach to the Brainstem?

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Cranial nerves III to XII (3 to 12)

First 2 cranial nerves (olfactory and optic) don’t connect to the brain stem

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What are fibres

  • in front of the optic chiasm?
  • behind the optic chiasm?
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In front = Optic NERVE

Behind = Optic TRACT

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What happens at the Optic Chiasm?

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Vast majority of the optic nerve from the eye crosses over here and then projects to the midbrain and cortex

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What are the generally larger AFFERENT SENSORY nuclei?

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  • Trigeminal sensory nucleus
    • cV, cIX, cX
    • trigeminal, glossopharyngeal, vagus
  • Vestibular &cochlear nuclei
    • cVIII
    • vestibulocochlear
  • Nucleus solitarius
    • cVII, cIX, cX
    • facial, glossopharyngeal, vagus
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What are the smaller EFFERENT MOTOR nuclei?

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  • Edinger-Westphal nucleus - cIII occulomotor
  • oculomotor nucleus - see above
  • trochlear nucleus - cIV trochlear
  • trigeminal motor nucleus - cV trigeminal
  • abducens nucleus - cVI abducens
  • facial motor nucleus - cVII facial
  • superior salivatory nucleus - see above
  • inferior salivatory nucleus - cIX glossopharyngeal
  • nucleus ambiguus - cIX + cXI (accessory)
  • dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus - cX vagus
  • hypoglossal nucleus - cXII hypoglossal
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What are the Cranial nerves involved with eye movement?

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  • CN III - Optic
  • CN IV - Trochlear
  • CN VI - Abducens
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Occulomotor nerve

cIII

Which nuclei make up this nerve?

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  • Edinger-Westphal nucleus
    • parasympathetic nucleus - important in the papillary reflex
  • Occulomotor nucleus
    • involved in voluntary movement

both found near top of brainstem

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Trochlear Nerve cIV

EFFERENT MOTOR PROJECTION

What nuclei make up this nerve?

what does it innervate?

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  • Trochlear nucleus
  • innervates Superior Oblique
    • ​abducts the eyeball to the side
  • loops around the central canal and exits DORSALLY
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what are the 3 things to know about the TROCHLEAR nerve? cIV

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  • smallest of the cranial nerves
  • only cranial nerve that exits the brainstem on the dorsal side (all others exit on the ventral side)
  • only cranial nerve that decussates!!
    • ​therefore specific defects of cIV will lead to impairment of movements on the other side
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Abducens nerve cVI

what nucleus is it made up of?

what kind of nerve is it?

what does it innervate?

Where does it lie?

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  • Made up of the abducens nucleus
  • motor nerve
  • innervates lateral rectus
    • ​attaches to the side of the eye and ABDUCTS the eyeball
  • Lies at the floor of the 4th ventricle
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At what level do cIII and cIV exit the brainstem?

Occulomotor and trochlear

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They both exit at the level of the Crus Cerebri

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What arteries does the occulomotor nerve exit between?

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  • posterior cerebral artery
    • (supplies part of the occipital lobe)
  • superior cerebral artery
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Where does the abducens nerve exit?

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At the junction between the pons and medulla

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what side does the trochlear nerve exit on?

is this normal

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Dorsal

No it is the only CN to do this

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What do cIII, cIV and cVI exit the cranium via?

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Superior Orbital Fissure

27
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Rupture of what can lead to the squeezing of the cranial nerves?

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THe Cavernous Sinus

it is thin-walled.

Hence complete paralysis of an eye may be an indication of cavernous sinus rupture

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Trigeminal nerve cV

Has both afferent Sensory and efferent motor componets

where does it exit the brain stem?

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Sensory cV

  • ​from the trigeminal sensory nucleus
    • ​lies @ the floor of the 4th ventricle
  • supplies the face

Motor cV

  • from the trigeminal motor nucleus
  • innervates the muscles of mastication

EXITS the brain stem:

  • lateral to the Pons
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How many branches does the sensory cV have?

What do they supply?

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Has 3 divisions

  • opthalmic
    • ​forehead, eyes, tip of nose
  • maxillary
    • ​cheeks and upper jaw
  • mandibular
    • ​lower jaw
30
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Where do all the second order neurons of the trigeminal sensory nucleus project to?

What are these called?

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VP (ventral posterior) nucleus of the Thalamus

The fibres are called trigeminothalamic fibres

31
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Trigeminal sensory nucleus

What senses have their cell bodies outside the CNS like the spinal levels?

What is the ganglion called?

A

Touch/pressure and Pain/Temp

The Ganglion is called the Trigeminal (semilunar) ganglion

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Trigeminal

Which sense has its cell body in the CNS?

What is its nucleus called?

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Proprioception

Mesencephalic nucleus of the Trigeminal

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Trigem. n

What is the nucleus for touch/pressure?

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Chief sensory nuclueus of the trigeminal

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Trigem n

What is the nucleus for pain/temp?

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Nucleus of the spinal tract of the trigeminal

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Facial nerve

What are its sensory and motor nerve nuclei?

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Sensory - nucleus solitarius

Motor

  • superior salivatory nucleus
    • ​parasympathetic output
  • facial motor nucleus
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Where does the motor component of the Facial nerve exit?

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It wraps around the abducens nucleus and exits laterally

Exits at the CPA - cerebellopontine angle

the angle between the cerebellum pons and medulla

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Peripheral distribution of the facial nerve fibres

Motor

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  • Orginates in the facial nucleus
  • passes up and loops over the abducens nucleus then moves down
  • Gives off a branch to the stapedius -
    • smallest muscle of the body in the inner ear
  • Passes through the stylomastoid foramen
  • supplies the facial muscles
38
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Peripheral distribution of the facial nerve fibres

Sensory

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  • nerve cell bodies lie outside the CNS in the geniculate ganglion
  • fibres enter the CNS and project to the nucleus solitarius
  • other fibres travel and supply the roof of the mouth whilst some travel with the chorda tympani and supply the tongue
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Peripheral distribution of the facial nerve fibres

Parasympathetic

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  • Originate in the superior salivatory nucleus
  • innervate the glands
  • one set goes through the chorda tympani to the submandibular ganglion before giving branches to the sublingual and submandibular glands
  • the other set goes to the pterygopalatine ganglion which then branches to the lacrimal gland and also bits of the nose and top of mouth
40
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What is Bell’s palsy caused by?

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Acute unilateral inflammation of cVII (facial nerve)

41
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What are the motor branches of the Facial nerve?

Mneumonic:

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  • Temporal
  • Zygomatic
  • Buccal
  • Marginal Mandibular
  • Cervical

All are relatively superficial and prone to injury from facial laceration

Patient dribbles if the Marginal Mandibular is damaged, also opp side muscles pull mouth over

mouth muscles then can’t form an adequate seal and also it is ugly looking

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Vestibulocochlear nerve cVIII

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Predominantly SENSORY, tiny motor component involved

vestibular and cochlear nuclei - involved with hearing and balance

Exits at the CPA

It is at risk from Acoustic Neuroma, Neurofibromatosis

  • can therefore squish CNVII
  • Bell’s (facial) palsy may be an indication of the above conditions
    *
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Afferent sensory fibres of the Glossopharyngeal nerve cIX

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  • Trigeminal sensory nucleus
    • ​general sensation
  • Nucleus Solitarius
    • ​taste, visceral sensation
  • Nucleus Ambiguus
    • ​pharynx, back of tongue
  • Hypoglossal nucleus
    • ​​pharynx, back of tongue
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Motor component of the Glossopharyngeal nerve cIX

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nucleus ambiguus

  • innervates the Stylopharyngeus muscle
    • this moves the head
45
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Preganglionic parasympathetic fibres of cIX

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Inferior salivatory nucleus

  • postganglionic neurones to otic ganglion
    • this otic ganglion innervates the ​parotid salivary gland
46
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Glossopharyngeal nerve

where does it join the brainstem?

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Lateral to the olive/medulla

Just inferior to the CPA

47
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Vagus - CN X

afferent fibres

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Trigeminal sensory nucleus

  • sensation

Nucleus solitarius

  • visceral sensation
48
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Vagus Nerve

Motor fibres

A

It is a small motor compartment

Nucleus ambiguus

  • muscles of soft palate
  • pharynx
  • larynx
  • upper part of oesophagus
49
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Vagus nerve

Parasympathetic fibres

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Substantial parasympathetic portion

Dorsal motor nucles of the vagus

  • Vagus nerve:*
  • attaches lateral to the medull, lateral to the Olives
50
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Accessory nerve cXI

Has 2 parts

What does it exit the neurocranium via?

A

2 parts from:

  • nucleuus ambiguus (inferior part)
  • spinal root

Exits via the Jugular foramen

Rupture of the blood vessels in the Jugular foramen can cause cranial nerve damage

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Hypoglossal nerve cXII

PURELY MOTOR

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Hypoglossal nucleus

  • extrinsic and intrinsic muscles of the tongue
  • important for speech
52
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where do the rootlets of cXII emerege?

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Between the Olives and the pyramids

53
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Motor neurone disease

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  • chronic degenerative disorder (> 50 ys)
  • degeneration of corticobulbar tracts
  • degeneration of nucleus ambiguus and hypoglossal nucleus
  • dysphonia (difficulties in phonation)
  • dysphagia (difficulties in swallowing)
  • dysarthria (difficulties in articulation)
  • weakness, spasticity of tongue
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Compression of cIX-cXII by tumours

A

Causes:

  • dysphonia (difficulties in phonation)
  • unilateral weakness, wasting and fasciculation of tongue
  • suppression of gag reflex
  • unilateral wasting of sternomastoid and trapezius muscles
55
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Noradrenergic projections from the brain stem

homeostatic functions

A

Involved in

  • arousal
  • attention
  • awareness
  • sleep
  • cognition
  • cardiac reflexes
  • respiration
  • REM sleep
56
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Pathology of the NA pathways leads to:

A
  • depression
  • anxiety
  • stress
  • opiate withdrawal
  • Rett syndrome
57
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Serotenergic pathways

involved in:

A

reward

sleep

nociception

58
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Dopaminergic pathways

involved in

A
  • reward
  • cognition
  • motivation
  • emotional processing
  • motor control
  • saccadic eye movement

Key areas:

  • ventral tegmental area
  • substantia nigra
  • locus coeruleus
59
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Pathology of dopaminergic pathways leads to

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  • addiction
  • schizophrenia
  • insomnia
  • ADHD
  • Parkinson’s disease
60
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unilateral brain stem leisons

(stroke, tumour, multiple sclerosis)

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  • ipsilateral cranial nerve dysfunction
  • contralateral spastic hemiparesis
  • hyperreflexia
  • ipsilateral incoordination
  • contralateral hemisensory loss
61
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Bilateral brain stem leisons

Trauma, stroke, cancer

A

Coma

Death

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Summary

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  • The brain stem consists of midbrain, pons and medulla.
  • It is a conduit for ascending and descending pathways such as the corticospinal tract that decussates at the level of the pyramids.
  • Cranial nerves III-XII attach to the brain stem and their sensory and motor nuclei are located within the brain stem.
  • reticular formation has widespread ascending and descending projections and is involved in multiple normal and pathological processes.
  • serotonergic raphe nuclei innervate every major CNS subdivision.
  • The dopaminergic substantia nigra is affected in Parkinson’s disease.
  • Brain stem lesions can lead to unilateral nerve dysfunction, coma and death.

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