Cranial nerves Flashcards

1
Q

What NT is found in many corticobulbar fibers?

A

Glutamate

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2
Q

What type of nerve is CN I?

A

Special visceral afferent

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3
Q

What type of nerve is CN II?

A

Special somatic afferent

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4
Q

What type of nerve is CN III?

A

General somatic efferent - extraocular muscles
General visceral efferent - intraocular muscles

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5
Q

What type of nerve is CN IV?

A

General somatic efferent

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6
Q

What type of nerve is CN VI?

A

General somatic efferent

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7
Q

What are the actions of the inferior oblique extraocular muscle?

A

Elevation
Abduction
Extorsion

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8
Q

What is the action of the lateral rectus muscle of the eye?

A

Abduction

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9
Q

What are the action of the superior oblique muscle of the eye?

A

Depression
Abduction
Intorsion

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10
Q

What are the actions of the superior rectus muscle of the eye?

A

Elevation
Adduction
Intorsion

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11
Q

What are the actions of the inferior rectus muscle of the eye?

A

Depression
Adduction
Extorsion

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12
Q

What is the action of the medial rectus muscle?

A

Adduction

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13
Q

What CN is indicated in Bell’s palsy?

A

Facial N

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14
Q

What type of nerve is CN IX?

A

Somatic sensory to posterior tongue, middle ear, and pharynx
Somatic motor to stylopharyngeus muscle
Visceral motor to parotid gland
Special sensory (taste) to posterior tongue
Visceral sensory to carotid body

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15
Q

What two nerves make up the gag reflex?

A

Afferent - CN IX
Efferent - CN X

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16
Q

What is indicated by deviation of the uvula?

A

Injury to vagus contralateral to the way the uvula deviates

17
Q

What CN supplies the external acoustic meatus?

A

Vagus N

18
Q

What type of nerve is CN XI?

A

Somatic motor to SCM and trapezius

19
Q

What occurs with injury to the hypoglossal N?

A

Tongue deviates to side of injury