Cranial Nerves Flashcards
I name
sensory or motor
foramen
olfactory n.
sensory - olfaction/smell in the olfactory epithelium innervated by ethmoturbinates
cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone
II name
sensory or motor
foramen
optic n.
sensory - vision only
optic canal
III name
sensory or motor
foramen
oculomotor n.
motor to external eye muscles (ventral/medial/dorsal rectus mm, ventral oblique m., & levator palpebrae superioris m.)
orbital fissure
IV name
sensory or motor
foramen
trochlear n.
motor to dorsal oblique m.
orbital fissure
V name
sensory or motor
foramen
trigeminal n.
sensory - somatosensation of the head (pain, temp, touch, proprioception)
motor - muscles of mastication (temporalis m., masseter m., digastricus m.)
VI name
sensory or motor
foramen
abducens n.
motor - lateral rectus m. & retractor bulbi m.
oribital fissure
VII name
sensory or motor
foramen
Facial n.
motor - facial expressions (e.g. orbicularis oculi m.), & autonomic to lacrimal gland & salivary gland
sensory - taste to rostral 2/3 tongue
internal acoustic meatus & stylomastoid foramen
VIII name
sensory or motor
foramen
vestibularcochlear n.
sensory - ear equilibrium/vestibular sense (vestibular n.) and auditory (cochlear n.)
internal acoustic meatus
IX name
sensory or motor
foramen
glossopharyngeal n.
motor - pharyngeal mm. & some salivary glands (autonomic)
sensory - taste & somatosensation caudal 1/3 of tongue
jugular foramen & tympano occipital fissure
X name
sensory or motor
foramen
vagus n.
sensory - visceral sensation and taste
somatic motor - esophagus & larynx
visceral motor - autonomic/ parasympathetic to all viscera of thorax & most of abdomen
jugular foramen & tympano occipital fissure
XI name
sensory or motor
foramen
accessory n.
somatic motor - neck mm. (trapezius m., cleidocephalicus m. (pars mastoideus) and sternocephalicus m.)
jugular foramen & tympano occipital fissure
XII name
sensory or motor
foramen
hypoglossal n.
motor - intrinsic & extrinsic muscles of the tongue
hypoglossal canal
mm. of mastication (except for one muscle) are specifically innervated by what nerve branch from what cranial nerve
mandibular nerve division of the trigeminal nerve (cranial nerve number V)
except m.digastricus where the rostral belly is innervated by trigeminal n. but caudal belly innervated by facial n.
what are the three branches of the trigeminal n. and in what areas are their sensation zones
name their opening to the outside of the skull
- ophthalmic n.
- sensory to the medial canthus, cornea, upper eyelid & nasal vestibule
- orbital fissure - maxillary n.
- sensory to the upper half of muzzle
- rostral alar formamen - mandibular n.
- sensory to the mandible
- motor to mm. of mastication
- oval foramen
what are the branches of the mandibular division and their sensory or motor innervations
- lingual n.
- sensory to the tongue - inferior alveolar n.
- sensory to lower teeth
2A. mental nn.
- sensory to chin/lower lip - mylohyoid n.
- sensory and motor to mylohyoideus m. - buccal n.
- sensory to inside of cheek