Cranial Nerves Flashcards

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CN 1 is known as the…

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Olfactory Nerve

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The sensory function of CN 1 is…

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Olfaction (smell)

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The cranial nerve which conducts olfactory (smell) sensations to brain and is the only type of nervous tissue to regenerate is…

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CN 1

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If there is damage to CN 1, what is most likely the consequence

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Anosmia (partial or total loss of smell)

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CN II is also known as…

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Optic Nerve

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The function of the CN II is…

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Special sensory nerve of vision that is an outgrowth of the brain; more appropriately called a brain tract

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The sensory function of CN II is…

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Vision

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The oculomotor nerve is which cranial nerve

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CN III

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The oculomotor nerve has two functions, somatic and parasympathetic motor. What is the description of each?

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  • Somatic motor function: Supplies four extrinsic eye muscles that move the eye
  • Parasympathetic motor function: innervates sphincter pupillae muscle of iris to make pupil constrict and contracts ciliary muscles to make lens of eye more spherical.
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Trochlear Nerve is which cranial nerve

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CN IV

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The somatic motor function of the trochlear nerve is…

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Supplies one extrinsic eye muscle to move inferiorly and laterally

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The trigeminal nerve is which cranial nerve

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CN V

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The two functions of CN V are Sensory and Somatic Motor. Describe each

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  • Sensory: Sensory stimuli for this nerve are touch, temperature, and pain.
    • V1: Conducts sensory impulses from the cornea, nose, forehead, anterior scalp, meninges
    • V2: Conducts sensory impulses from nasal mucosa, palate, gums, cheek, meninges
    • V3: Conducts sensory impulses from anterior two-thirds of tongue, meninges, skin of chin, lower jaw, lower teeth; one-third from sensory axons of auricle of ear
  • Somatic Motor: Innervates muscles of mastication (temporalis, masseter, later and medial pterygoids) mylohyoid, anterior belly of digastric, tensor tympani muscle, and tensor veli palatini
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This nerve consist of three divisions, opthalmic (V1), maxillary (V2) and mandibular (V3); recieves sensory impulses from face, oral cavity, nasal cavity, and anterior scalp. Also innervates muscles of mastication

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CN V (trigeminal Nerve)

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The abducens nerve is what cranial nerve?

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CN VI

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The somatic motor function of the abducens nerve (CN VI) is…

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Innervates one extrinsic eye muscle (lateral rectus) for eye abduction

17
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Facial Nerve is what cranial nerve

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CN VII

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The facial nerve has three functions: sensory, somatic motor, and parasympathetic motor. Describe each

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  • Sensory: Taste from anterior two-thirds of tongue
  • Somatic Motor Function: The five motor branches innervate the muscles of facial expression, the posterior belly of the digastric muscle, and the stylohyoid stapedius muscles
  • Parasympathetic Motor Function: Increases secretions of the lacrimal gland of the eye as well as the submandibular and sublingual salivary glands.
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The five branches of the facial nerve are…

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  1. Temporal
  2. Zygomatic
  3. buccal
  4. mandibular
  5. cervial
20
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The vestibulocochlear nerve is which cranial nerve?

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CN VIII

21
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The sensory function of the vestibulocochlear nerve is…

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Vestibular branch conducts impulses for equilibrium, whereas cochlear branch conducts impulses for hearing.

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Glossopharyngeal Nerve is which cranial nerve?

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CN IX

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CN IX has three functions: sensory, Somatic motor, and parasympathetic motor.

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  • Sensory Function: General sensation and taste to posterior one-third of tongue; general sensation to most pharynx; chemoreceptor axons to carotid bodies (structures in carotid arteries that monitor levels of CO2 and O2 in the blood)
  • Somatic Motor Function: Innervates stylopharyngeus
  • Parasympathetic Motor Function: Increases secretion of parotid salivary gland
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The Vagus Nerve is which cranial nerve?

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CN X

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The vagus nerve (CN X) has three functions: sensory, somatic motor, and parasympathetic motor

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  • Sensory: Visceral sensory information from heart, lungs, and most abdominal organs. General sensory information from external acoustic meatus, eardrum, laryngopharynx, larynx
  • Somator motor function: innervates most pharynx muscles and larynx muscles
  • Parasympathetic Motor Function: Innervates visceral smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and glands of heart, lungs, pharynx, larynx, trachea, and most abdominal organs.
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The Accessory Nerve is which cranial nerve?

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CN XI

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The somatic motor function of the accessory nerve is divided by its roots…

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Cranial Root: Travels with CN X fibers to pharynx

Spinal Root: Innervates trapezius and sternocleidomastoid

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The hypoglossal nerve is which cranial nerve?

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CN XII

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The somatic motor function of the hypoglossal nerve is…

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Innervates intrinsic and extrinsic tongue muscles