Cranial Nerves Flashcards
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What is CN II? What is it’s type? What is it’s main function?
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- optic
- sensory
- vision
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What is CN I? What is it’s type? What is it’s main function?
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- olfactory
- sensory
- smell
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What is CN III? What is it’s type? What is it’s main function?
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- oculomotor
- motor
- eye movement (most extraocular movements), elevation of upper eyelid, pupillary constriction
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What is CN IV? What is it’s type? What is it’s main function?
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- trochlear
- motor
- eye movement (down & in)
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What is CN V? What is it’s type? What is it’s main function?
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- trigeminal
- mixed
- motor: muscles of mastication
- sensory: face, tongue (not taste)
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Q
What is CN VI? What is it’s type? What is it’s main function?
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- abducens
- motor
- eye movement (lateral deviation)
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Q
What is CN VII? What is it’s type? What is it’s main function?
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- fascial
- mixed
- sensory: taste (anterior 2/3)
- motor: fascial muscles
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What is CN VIII? What is it’s type? What is it’s main function?
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- vestibulo cochlear
- sensory
- balance/equilibrium: vestibular division
- hearing: cochlear division
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Q
What is CN IX? What is it’s type? What is it’s main function?
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- glosso pharyngeal
- mixed
- motor: pharynx
- sensory: pharynx and posterior tongue, including taste
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Q
What is CN X? What is it’s type? What is it’s main function?
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- vagus
- mixed
- motor: palate, pharynx and larynx
- sensory: pharynx and larynx (parasympathetic)
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Q
What is CN XI? What is it’s type? What is it’s main function?
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- accessory
- motor
- controls trapezius and SCM
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What is CN XII? What is it’s type? What is it’s main function?
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- hypoglossal
- motor
- tongue
