Cranial nerve anatomy Flashcards
Cribriform plate
Olfactory nerve (I) Meninges
Optic Foramen
Optic Nerve (II) Opthalmic Artery
Superior Orbital Fissure
N.b. all cranial nerves passing through here move the eyes
Occulomotor (III) Trochlear (IV) Ophthalmic branch of Trigeminal (V1) Abducens (VI) Ophthalmic veins
Occulomotor
Originates: Mid-brain
Controls all extraocular muscles (except sup oblique and lateral rectus _ LR6SO4) and levator palpebrae superioris
Occulomotor
Route
Emerges from brain
CN III passes btwn sup cerebellar and post cerebral arteries
pierces dura mater
runs along the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus
Foramen Rotundum
Maxillary branch of the Trigeminal (V2)
Foramen Ovale
Mandibular branch of the Trigeminal (V3)
Foramen Spinosum
Middle Meningeal Artery
Foramen Lacerum
Crossed by the Internal Carotid Artery
Internal Acoustic Meatus
Facial nerve (VII) Vestibulocochlear nerve (VII) Labyrinthine artery
Jugular Foramen
Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX) Vagus nerve (X) Accesory nerve (XI) Inferior petrosal sinus Sigmoid sinus
Hypoglossal foramen
Hypoglossal nerve (XII)
Foramen Magnum
Midbrain: runs superiorly through the opening to join with the diencephalon Vertebral Artery XIsp Meninges CSF
Cranial Nerves
I - OLFACTORY II - OPTIC III- OCCULOMOTOR IV - TROCHLEAR V - TRIGEMINAL VI - ABDUCENS VII - FACIAL VIII - VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR IX - GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL X- VAGUS XI - ACCESSORY XII - HYPOGLOSSAL
Cranial nerves 3,4 & 6
All move the eye
CN III - Occulomotor
CN IV - Trochlear
CN VI - Abducens
Hypoglossal nerve CN XII
Moves the tongue
Cranial nerve pneumonics
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Anterior Portion of Brain
- CN I Olfactory
- CN II Optic
- CN III Occulomotor
- CN IV Trochlear
Pons
- CN V Trigeminal
- CN VI Abducens
- CN VII Facial
- CN VIII Vestibulocochlear: arises in the inner ear and goes to the pons