brainstem and cranial nerves

Question 1

cranial nerve nuclei: sensory midbrain (lateral)

Answer 1

trigeminal (general somatic afferent)

Question 2

cranial nerve nuclei: sensory pons (lateral)

Answer 2

trigeminal (general somatic afferent), vestibulocochlear (special somatic afferent; most lateral; down to medulla also)

Question 3

cranial nerve nuclei: sensory medulla (lateral)

Answer 3

trigeminal (general somatic afferent; up to pons and down to cervical spinal cord also), solitarius (general/special viceral afferent; most medial; up to pons also)

Question 4

cranial nerve nuclei: motor midbrain (medial)

Answer 4

Edinger Westphal (general visceral efferent; most lateral - PSNS innovation of eye), oculomotor (general somatic efferent; most medial), trochlear (general somatic efferent; most medial)

Question 5

cranial nerve nuclei: motor pons (medial)

Answer 5

trigeminal (special visceral efferent), abducens (general somatic efferent; most medial), facial (special visceral efferent), salivatory (general visceral efferent - PSNS; most lateral)

Question 6

cranial nerve nuclei: motor medulla (medial)

Answer 6

salivatory (general visceral efferent - PSNS; most lateral), vagus (general visceral efferent - PSNS; most lateral), ambiguus (pharynx and larnx: special visceral efferent), hypoglossal (general somatic efferent; most medial)

Question 7

cranial nerve nuclei: motor cervical spinal cord (medial)

Answer 7

accessory (special visceral efferent)

Question 8

nucleus solitarius

Answer 8

sensory information concerning taste