Cranial Nerves Flashcards
1
Q
Merkel discs
A
Light touch
2
Q
Meissner’s corpuscle
A
Touch/pressure
3
Q
Ruffini endings
A
Stretch
4
Q
Hair follicle receptor
A
Deflection of hair
5
Q
Free nerve endings
A
Pain or temperature
6
Q
Pacinian corpuscle
A
Vibration
7
Q
Attachment - CN I and II
A
Attach to skull
8
Q
Attachment - CN III - XII
A
Attach to brainstem
9
Q
What is the only cranial nerve that serves structures other than brain and neck?
A
CN X (vagus) - it extends to the abdomen
10
Q
What are the sensory CN?
A
CN I, II, and VIII
11
Q
What are the motor CN?
A
CN III, IV, VI, XI, XII
12
Q
What are the mixed CN?
A
CN V, VII, IX, and X
13
Q
Which CN carry parasympathetic fibers?
A
CN III, VII, IX, and X
14
Q
CN I
A
Olfactory nerve (cribriform plate of ethmoid bone)
15
Q
CN II
A
Optic nerve
