Cranial Nerves Flashcards
Cranial nerve 1 origin
Olfactory
Cerebrum
CN 1 exit skull
Cribriform plate
CN 1 modality /components
Special visceral Sensory (senses derived from endoderm)
Smell
CN II origin
Cerebrum
CN II exit skull
Optic canal
CN 2 modalities/components
Special somatic sensory (senses derived from ectoderm)
Sight
CN 3 origin
Midbrain - pontine junction
CN 3 components/modality
Motor
General somatic motor: 4 extrinsic eye muscles and levator palpebrae superioris
General visceral motor: parasympathetic to pupillary sphincter and ciliary m
CN 3 exit skull
Superior orbital fissure
CN 4 origin
Midbrain posterior (longest intracranial length of all CNs)
CN4 exit skull
Superior orbital fissure
CN4 modality/components
Motor
General somatic motor: superior oblique
CN V origin
Pons
CN 5.1 exit skull
Superior orbital fissure
Ophthalmic nerve modality/components
General somatic sensory (skin): scalp, forehead, nose
CN 5.2 exit skull
foramen rotundum
Maxillary nerve modality/ components
General somatic sensory: cheeks, lower eye lid, nasal mucosa, upper lip, upper teeth, palate
CN 5.3 exit skull
Foramen ovale
Mandibular nerve modality/ components
General somatic sensory: anterior 2/3 tongue, skin over mandible, lower teeth
Special visceral motor (mm derived from pharyngeal arches) :muscles of mastication, tensor tympani muscle
CN 6 origin
Pontine - medulla junction
CN 6 exit skull
Superior orbital fissure
CN6 modality/components
General somatic motor: lateral Rectus
CN 7 origin
Pontine-medulla junction
CN 7 exit skull
Internal acoustic meatus
Stylomastoid foramen
CN 7 modality/components
Motor and sensory
General somatic sensory: external ear . stapedius mm
Special visceral sensory: taste ant 2/3 tongue, hard and soft palate
Special visceral motor: muscles facial expression
General visceral motor: parasympa- lacrimal, submandibular, sublingual, mucous glands of mouth and nose.
CN 8 origin
Pontine- medullary junction
CN8 exit skull
Internal acoustic meatus
CN8 modality/components
Special somatic sensory: hearing and balance