cranial 5

Question 1

What is the cranial nerve trigeminal classified as

Answer 1

Sensory - touch, temperature and pain information

Question 2

What are the three branches

Answer 2

Opthalamic (sensory) (V1); Maxiliary (sensory) (V2); mandibular (sensory & motor)(V3)

Question 3

Opthalamic sensory branch passes through

Answer 3

superior orbital fissure

Question 4

Maxillary nerve passes through

Answer 4

foramen rotundum

Question 5

Mandibular nerve passes through the

Answer 5

foramen ovale

Question 6

What is the acronym for remembering the foramen?

Answer 6

SRO

Question 7

Opthalamic nerve carries sensory info from

Answer 7

EYes, lacrimal gland, sinuses, eyelid and dorsum of nose

Question 8

Maxilliary nerve carries sensory info from

Answer 8

dura matter, nasopharynx, nasal cavity, teeth, sinuses & skin (nose, cheek, lip, lower eyelid)

Question 9

Mandibular nerve carries sensory info from

Answer 9

lower jaw, lower lip, anterior 2/3 tongue , cheek, teeth, mucous membranes, mandible, dura in middle cranial fossa

Question 10

Mandibular nerve carries motor info to

Answer 10

muscles of mastication - temporalis, masseter, medial and lateral ptergyoids

Question 11

Trigeminal Neuralgia is

Answer 11

sharp pain of face, pain is severe, incidences are becoming frequent, no teeth sore