Cranial Fossae and Cranial Nerves Flashcards
What goes through the carotid canal?
Internal carotid artery
What goes through the foramen spinosum?
Middle meningeal artery
What is an outgrowth of the telencephalon?
CN I olfactory
Where does the olfactory mucosa go through?
Cribriform plate to synapse in olfactory bulb
Where do the olfactory tracts go to?
Prepiriform area of amygdala (primary olfactory cortex)
What is the only sensory system that is not relayed through thalamus?
CN I olfactory
What is an extension of the diencephalon?
CN II Optic
Where is the CN II optic from?
The retina through the optic canal, forms chiasm then optic tracts
What runs in the lateral wall of cavernous dural venous sinus?
CN III Oculomotor, CN IV Trochlear
Wha goes through the annular ring?
CN III Oculomotor and CN VI Abducent
Where is the CN III Oculomotor?
Midbrain through superior orbital fissure to orbit
What kind of motor control is there in the CN III Oculomotor?
Somatic and parasympatheitc
Somatic motor control is to?
Inferior oblique, superior rectus, inferior rectus and medial rectus, levator palpabrae
Parasympathetic control is to?
Sphincter papillae and ciliary muscle
What is the superior division of oculomotor?
Leavtor palpabrae and superior rectus
Where is the CN IV Trochlear?
Midbrain through superior orbital fissure to orbit
Is the CN IV Trochlear o the inside or outside of the annular ring?
Outside
What is the only cranial nerve which all fibres cross to the opposite side?
CN IV Trochlear