Cranial Nerves Flashcards
Where are cell bodies for cranial nerves housed?
-Within the CNS
What system are Cranial Nerves part of?
PNS
-Cranial nerves leave the skull to innervate systems outside of bony structures of the skull
Where are spinal nerve cell bodies located?
CNS
How many Cranial Nerves are there?
12
What are the MAIN functions of the Cranial Nerves?
Serve function largely for head and neck (some descend into torso)
How are the Cranial Nerves labelled?
1-12 based upon coronal to caudal/head to tail/front to back
In injury, you see symptomology and clusters of symptoms based on…
absence or presence of cranial nerve function
Optic Nerve II
Nerve transmitting sensory information from eyes to visual cortex at back of head
Path of transmission from RIGHT eye to visual cortex?
- Light hits eye through pupil into retina
- Light comes from left visual field, hits right half of the retina in BOTH eyes
- At retina we sort the information
- Light travels through the right optic nerve in the right eye
- Light travels through the right optic tract
- Light reaches right visual cortex
Path of transmission from LEFT eye to visual cortex?
- Light hits eye through pupil into retina
- Light comes from left visual field, hits right half of the retina in BOTH eyes
- At retina we sort the information
- Light travels through the left optic nerve in the right eye
- Light crosses the midline of the brain at the optic chasm to cross over
- Light travels in the right optic tract
- Light is delivered to Right side visual cortex
What is Visual Field?
-The source of light; not the anatomical structure of the eye
-Functional need
Light travels in ___ lines
straight
True or false: Our brains deal with opposite sides of the body
True
-Right hand controlled by left brain, vice versa
-Crossing of symptoms is persistent in most neural structures including vision
Information from our eyes go to ___ visual cortex
Contralateral (opposite)
Where does crossing of information in the visual pathway occur?
The Optic Chiasm
How can we piece together where a visual deficit may occur?
I.e. if I cover the right eye, I am blind in the right eye and all information is lost. The same would happen if I severed the right optic nerve.
-If you lose visual regard in one field (left) and can’t see anything to the left of your nose, you may have damaged the optic tract; but you still have visual regard to the other side of the body
-Both eyes are receiving information, just from one half of the body
What are the 3 nerves involved with motor function of the eye?
-Oculomotor Nerve III
-Trochlear Nerve IV
-Abducens Nerve VI
Oculomotor Nerve III
-Moves eye up/down, medial
-Raises upper eyelid
-Constricts pupil
How can you identify oculomotor nerve III deficit?
-If the pupils don’t constrict when a light is shown
-Can’t turn eyes inward
-Can’t raise upper eyelid
Trochlear Nerve IV
-Moves eye medially and downward (toward nose)
Abducens Nerve VI
-Abducts eye (outward rotation of eye)
Which two nerves serve the face?
-Trigeminal nerve V
-Facial nerve VII
Trigeminal Nerve V is broken into what divisions?
3 divisions:
-Opthalmic
-Maxillary
-Mandibular
Trigeminal Nerve V
-Largely a Sensory nerve to most of the face/head
-Taste portion of tongue
-Somatosensation front 2/3 of tongue
-Ability to sense what we are touching with our tongue
-We can understand where the bolus is located in mouth, texture, to appropriately swallow
What is the motor root of the Trigeminal Nerve V involved with?
Muscles of mastication (chewing)
Trigeminal Nerve V relation to Chorda Tympani
-When we get inflammatory response in ear from infection, we get symptomology associated with facial and trigeminal nerve as this is near where the inflammation is happening
Facial Nerve VII
-Largely Motor Nerve
-Serves function of facial expression, muscles of facial expression
What is the function of the Parasympathetic motor portion of Facial Nerve VII?
-Deals with some parasympathetic glands
-Controls things like saliva, tears, etc
What is the function of the special sensory (chords tympani) portion of Facial Nerve VII?
-Taste to front 2/3 of tongue
-Important for what we eat and swallow so it isn’t nauseating
What is the function of the Somatic Sensory portion of Facial Nerve VII?
Inner ear canal sensory
-tactile sensory information form inner ear canal (i.e. wiggling tip in ear)
What is Bell’s palsy?
A disorder related to the facial nerve
What do you see with Bell’s palsy?
-Smoothing of forehead
-Inability to close eyelid
-Drooping of mouth corner
-Paralysis in one side of face
Stroke vs. Bell’s palsy
-Stroke would see more lower face affected thanupper
-Stroke would not have tests deficits/involvement
-No gland involvement in stroke
-Sensory involvement specific to facial nerve interaction
-Stroke is CNS, Bell’s palsy is PNS
-Flaccid paralysis in muscle for Bell’s palsy. spastic paralysis for Stroke
Effects of Bell’s palsy?
Motor adaptations occur and can lead to being more dominant on one side of the face for motor control
Ramsay Hunt Disease
-“Chicken Pox” rash in inner ear
-Re-emergence of virus from previous life
-More persistent deficits
-Virus damages the neurons
Which Cranial Nerves serve the tongue?
-Trigeminal Nerve V
-Facial nerve VII
-Glossopharyngeal Nerve IX
-Hypoglossal Nerve XII
-They are clustered because they play a role in function of the tongue, feeding and tasting!
Glossopharyngeal Nerve IX
-Taste and somatosensation from back 1/3 of tongue
Hypoglossal Nerve XII
-Muscles of the tongue/movement
-motor control of the tongue
Olfactory Nerve I (Components, Structures Innervated, Function)
-Special Sensory
-Olfactory Epithelium (nasal cavity)
-Smell
Optic Nerve II (Components, Structures Innervated, Function)
-Special Sensory
-Retina
-Vision
Oculomotor Nerve III: Somatic Motor (Components, Structures Innervated, Function)
-Extraocular muscles (4), levator palpebrae
-Move eyeball, open eyelid
Oculomotor Nerve III: Parasympathetic (Components, Structures Innervated, Function)
-Pupillary Constrictor muscle and ciliary muscle
-Constrict pupil, accomodate lens
Trochlear Nerve IV (Components, Structures Innervated, Function)
-Somatic motor
-Extraocular muscle (superior oblique)
-Move eyeball
Trigeminal Nerve V: Somatic Sensory (Components, Structures Innervated, Function)
-Face, scalp, teeth, lips, front of tongue
-Somatosensation from face and head
Trigeminal Nerve V: Somatic Motor (Components, Structures Innervated, Function)
-Muscles of mastication
-Move jaw
Abducens nerve VI (Components, Structures Innervated, Function)
-Somatic motor
-Extraocular muscle (lateral rectus)
-Move eyeball
Facial nerve VII: Somatic Motor (Components, Structures Innervated, Function)
-Facial muscles, stylohyoid part of figastric and stapedius muscles
-facial expression, swallowing, hearing
Facial nerve VII: Special Sensory (Components, Structures Innervated, Function)
-Front 2/3 of tongue
-Taste
Facial nerve VII: Parasympathetic (Components, Structures Innervated, Function)
-Salivary, lacrimal nasal glands
-Salivation, tears