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Cranial nerves Flashcards

1
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What can cranial nerve abnormalities arise from?

A

Lesions affecting the:

  • communicating pathways to and from the cortex, cerebellum and other parts of the brainstem
  • nerve nucleus
  • nerve
  • neuromuscular junciton disorders
  • muscle
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Name the cranial nerves

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I- olfactory 
II - optic 
III - oculomotor 
IV- trochlear 
V - trigeminal 
VI - abducens 
VII - facial 
VIII - vestibulocochlear 
IX - glossopharyngeal 
X- Vagus 
XI -spinal accessory 
XII - hypoglossal
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State the components of each of the cranial nerves

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I-olfactoy - sensory 
II- optic - Sensory 
III - oculomotor - Motor 
IV- trochlear - motor 
V- trigeminal - both 
VI - Abduncens - motor 
VII - Facial - both 
VIII - Vestibulocochlear - sensory 
IX - Glossopharyngeal - both
X- Vagus - both 
XI- Accessory - motor
XII- hypoglossal - motor
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What is the function of CN I?

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Smell

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What is the tract of CN I?

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Olfactory cells of the nasal mucosa -> olfactory bulbs -> pyriform cortex

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What is the function of the optic nerve?

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Vision

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What is the tract of the optic nerve?

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Retinal ganglion cells -> optic chasm -> thalamus -> primary visual cortex in occipital lobe

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How do you examine the optic nerve?

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  • Optic disc via opthalmoscopy
  • Pupillary responses - consensual response
  • Visual acuity (snellen)
  • Visual fields and blind spot (confrontation)
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9
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Explain pupillary reflexes

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  • optic nerve -> optic tract -> pretectal nucleus ->posterior commissure ->edinger-wetphal nucleus
  • oculomotor nucleus ->oculomotor nerve -> ciliary ganglion -> short ciliary nerve to ciliary muscle and constrictor papillae muscle
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Severed optic nerve

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Monocular vision loss on side of severed nerve

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11
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Lesion to optic tract

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contralateral homonymous hemianopia

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Lesion to optic chiasm

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Bitemporal hemianopia

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Where is the location of the motor nucleus of CN III?

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Midbrain (oculomotor nucleus)

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What is the motor function of CN III?

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Movement of the eyeball and lens accommodation
•Inferior oblique
•Superior, medial and inferior recti muscles
•Levator palpebrae superioris

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What is the parasympathetic function of CN III?

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Pupil constriction

•Innervates ciliary muscles and pupillary constrictor muscles

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16
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Where is the location of the parasympathetic nucleus of oculomotor

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Midbrain - edinger westphal

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What is the result of a complete left oculomotor nerve palsy?

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  • Dilation of the pupil
  • Eye down and out
  • complete ptosis
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What is the function of CN IV?

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Move the eyeball (depresses the adducted eye and introrts the abducted eye) - superior oblique muscle

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Where is the location of the trochlear nucleus?

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Midbrain (inferior colliculus)

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What is the function of CN VI?

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Eyeball movement - abducts the eye on the horizontal plane, innervates the lateral rectus

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21
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Describe abducens nerve palsy

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Cannot look to the side of the affected nerve

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22
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Which cranial nerve has the longest intracranial course?

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Trochlear

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23
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Which of the cranial nerves decussate to the contralateral side?

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II and IV

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24
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What is the sign of a 4th nerve palsy?

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Failure of downgaze

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25
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What is internuclear ophthalmoplegia?

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Disorder of conjugate gaze - failure of adduction of affected eye with nystagmus on lateral gaze in contralateral eye

26
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What does internuclear ophthalmoplegia result from?

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Lesion of medial longitudinal fasiculus

27
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What are the signs of horners syndrome?

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  • Ptosis
  • miosis
  • anhydrosis
  • Aoparent epothalmos
28
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What are the causes of Horner’s syndrome?

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Results for ipsilateral disruption of the cervical/thoracic sympathetic chain:
•Congenital 
•Brainstem stroke 
•Cluster headache 
•Apical lung tumour 
•Multiple sclerosis 
•Carotid artery dissection 
•Cervical rib 
•Syringomyelia
29
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What are the branches of the trigeminal nerve?

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Ophthalmic, maxillary and mandibular

30
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What is the sensory function of CN V?

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  • Sensory input from the face
  • Ophthalmic, mandibular and maxillary divisions
  • Anterior 2/3 of the tongue
31
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What is the motor function of the trigeminal nerve?

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  • Mastication

* Masseter, temporalis, medial and lateral pterygoids (mandibular branch)

32
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Where is the location of the sensory nucleus of the trigeminal nerve?

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Pons and medulla

33
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Where is the location of the motor nucleus of the trigeminal nerve?

34
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What is herpes zoster ophthalmicus?

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Herpes in the distribution of one of the branches of the trigeminal nerve (normally V1)

35
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What is the motor function of the facial nerve?

A

Muscles of facial expression

36
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Where is the motor nucleus of the facial nerve?

37
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Where is the sensory nucleus of the facial nerve?

38
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What is the sensory function of the facial nerve?

A

Taste - anterior 2/3 of tongue

39
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What is the parasympathetic function of the facial nerve?

A

Salivation and lacrimation

40
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Where is the parasympathetic nucleus of the facial nerve?

41
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What is bells palsy

A

Weakness of superior and inferior facial muscles

42
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Describe the difference in an upper and lower motor neurone facial weakness

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Lower: upper and Lower muscle of the face
Upper: just weakness of the lower muscles of the face

43
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What nerves are involved in the corneal reflex?

A

Afferent - V
Efferent - VII (orbicularis oculi)
(tests pontine function)

44
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What is the function of CN VIII?

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  1. Balance - nerve endings within semi-circular canals -> cerebellum and spinal cord
  2. Hearing - cochlear -> auditory cortex in the temporal lobes
45
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Where is the nucleus of the vestibulocochlear nerve?

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Pons and medulla

46
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What is the sensory component of the CN IX?

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  • Taste - innervates the posterior 1/3 of the tongue

* Proprioception for swelling and blood pressure receptors - innervated pharyngeal wall and carotid sinuses

47
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What is the motor component of CN IX?

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  • Swallow and gag reflex - innervates the pharyngeal muscles
  • lacrimation - lacrimal gland
48
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What is the parasympathetic function of CN IX?

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  • saliva production

* Innervates the parotid gland

49
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What is the presentation of a glossopharyngeal palsy?

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Deviation of the uvula away from the side of the lesion

50
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What is the location of the nucleus of the glossopharyngeal nerve?

51
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What is the location of the nucleus of the vagus nerve?

52
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What is the sensory function of the vagus?

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  • Chemoreceptors -innervates the carotid bodies monitoring blood oxygen concentration
  • Pain receptors in the dura - respiratory and digestive tracts
  • Sensation: external ear, larynx and pharynx
53
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What is the parasympathetic function of the vagus

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Smooth muscle and glands of the same areas innervated by the motor component as well as thoracic and abdominal areas

54
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What is the motor function of the vagus?

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  • Heart rate and stroke volume: pacemaker and ventricular muscles
  • Peristalsis: smooth muscles of the digestive tract
  • Air flow: Smooth muscles in the bronchial tubes
  • Speech and swallowing: muscles of the larynx and pharynx
55
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What is the function of CN XI?

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  • Head rotation and shoulder shrugging

* Innervates sternocleidomastoid and trapezius

56
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What is the function of CN XII?

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Speech and swallowing, motor innervation to the tongue

57
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What is the presentation of a hypoglossal palsy?

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Tongue deviates to the side of the lesion

58
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If there is a lesion in the cavernous sinus, which cranial nerves are likely to be affected?

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  • III - oculomotor - dilated eye, looking down and out, ptosis
  • IV - trochlear - failure of downgaze
  • V - trigeminal (V1 and V2) -sensory face, muscles of mastication
  • VI - Abducens - diplopia, can’t abduct eye on the horizontal plane
  • Horner’s syndrome
59
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What nerves can be affected if there is a lesion in the superior orbital fissure?

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  • III - oculomotor - eye down and out
  • IV- trochlear - failure of downgaze
  • V1 - trigeminal, ophthalmic branch - sensory to face
  • VI - abducens - can’t abduct eye on horizontal plane
60
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What nerves can be affected if there is a lesion at the cerebellopontine angle?

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  • V - Trigeminal - sensory, muscles of mastication
  • VII - Facial - facial expression, taste anterior 2/3 tongue, salivation
  • VIII - Vestibulocochlear - balance and hearing
  • Corneal reflex affected: afferent - V, efferent VII
61
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What nerves can be affected if there is a lesion at the jugular foramen?

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  • IX - glossopharyngeal - swallowing proprioception, taste post 1/3, swallowing and gag reflex, saliva, BP receptors
  • X - vagus
  • XI - accessory - head rotation and shoulder shrugging
62
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What cranial nerves can be affected in a bulbar/pseudobulbar palsy?

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  • IX - Glossopharyngeal
  • X - Vagus
  • XI - Accessory
  • XII - hypoglossal

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