Cranial nerve nuclei (test 2) Flashcards
What are the 3 parts of the brainstem?
midbrain
pons
medulla
What cranial nerve nuclei are located in the midbrain?
oculomotor nucleus
Edinger-Wetphal nucleus
Trochlear nucleus
What cranial nerve nuclei are located in the pons?
Chief sensory nucleus of CN V
Motor nucleus of CN V
Mesencephalic nucleus of CN V
Spinal nucleus of CN V
Abducens nucleus
Facial motor nucleus
superior salivatory nucleus
Inferior salivatory nucleus
Vestibulocochlear nuclear complex (made up from 4 nuclei)
What cranial nerve nuclei are located in the medulla?
Nucleus solitarius
nucleus ambiguus
spinal accessory nucleus
hypoglossal nucleus
dorsal motor nucleus of CN X
What are the nuclei associated with CN VII? IX? X?
VII
- facial motor
- superior salivatory
- nucleus solitarius
IX
- nucleus ambiguus
- inferior salivatory
- nucleus solitarius
- spinal nucleus of CN V
X
- nucleus ambiguus
- chief sensory nucleus
- nucleus solitarius (taste and visceral sensory)
- dorsal motor nucleus
Where in the brainstem are we? Name the structures
Where in the brainstem are we? Name the structures
Where are we in the brainstem? Name the structures
Where are we in the brainstem? Name the structures
Where are we in the brainstem? name the strutures
Where are we in the brainstem? name the strutures (nuclei and tracts)
Where are we in the brainstem? name the structures (tracts and nuclei)
Where are we in the brainstem? name the structures
Where are we in the brainstem? name the structures
Where are we in the brainstem? name the structures