Cranial Nerves Flashcards
Which cranial nerves carry autonomic nerves/parasympathetic fibers with them
3, 7, 9 (to the head)
10 (to cervical, thoracic, and abdominal viscera)
Which cranial nerves run with sympathetic fibers
9, 10, 11, 12
What is cranial nerve #0
Terminal nerve
passes through cribriform plate and responsible for pheromones
List the cranial nerves
1 - olfactory
2 - optic
3 - oculomotor
4 - trochlear
5 - trigemal
6 - abducent
7 - facial
8 - vestibulocochlear
9 - Glossopharyngeal
10 - Vagus
11 - Accessory
12 - Hypoglossal
Which cranial nerves are a part of the CNS
CN 1 and 2
Desrcibe the olfactory nerve
Made from numerous unmyelinated axons
Bipolar olfactory neurons replaced monthly
Only cranial nerve that does not have a nucleus in the brainstem
Enters though cerebrum (not brainstem/thalamus)
Origin of olfactory nerve
Cell bodies (receptors) in olfactory mucosa in ethmoidal conchae and vomeronasal organ
Course of olfactory nerve
leave nasal fundus via cribriform plate of ethmoid and then fibers collect together to form the olfactory bulb
Olfactory bulbs form olfactory stria which then goes to piriform lobe
Describe optic nerve
Not a true peripheral nerve
Part of brain and it is a tract enveloped by meninges and the dura blends with the sclera
Optic nerve origin
Ganglion cells of the retina
optic nerve course
Axons converge toward optic papilla to form optic nerve which exit the retina at the optic disc
Optic nerve enters the skull at the optic canal
The nerve from each eye cross at the optic chiasm where median fibers cross to the other side while lateral ones do not
The nerves continue as the optic tract which end in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) in the thalamus then to the occipital lobe
term for medial optic nerve in the optic chiasm
Nasal
Term for lateral optic nerve in the optic chiasm
Temporal
Describe the oculomotor nerve
Purely motor
Carry parasympathetic fibers
Somatic motor: carries general somatic efferent (GSE) motor fibers to several extra-ocular muscles
Visceral mototr: carries general visceral efferent (GVE) parasympathetic fibers to pupillary sphincter constrictor m. (miosis) and to ciliary muscles (control thickness of lens)
Oculomotor origin
Motor nucleus and parasympathetic nucelus in midbrain
Oculomotor course
Leaves midbrain between cerebral peduncles
Travels in cavernous sinus with trochlear, opthalmic, and abducent nerves (4,5,6)
Leave cranial cavity through orbital fissure (orbitorotundum in ruminants)
Enters pterygopalatine fossa and courses rostrally to supply structures in orbit
Name the ganglion for the parasympathetic fibers of the oculomotor nerve
Ciliary ganglion
What is unique to trochlear nerve
smallest cranial nerve
only cranial nerve to emerge from dorsal side of brainstem
only cranial nerve to decussate (cross midline) entirely to innervate contralateral side
What muscle does the trochlear nerve innervate
Superior Oblique m
Where does the trochlear nerve exit
via the orbital fissure (orbitorotundum in rum.)
which is the largest cranial nerve
Trigeminal n
List the branches of the trigeminal nerve and if they are sensory, motor, or mixed and which foramen each exits
V1 = Opthalmic, sensory (to eye and adnexa), orbital fissure
V2 = Maxillary, sensory, round foramen
V3 = Mandibular, mixed, oval foramen
Origin of Trigeminal n
Motor nucleus: pons
Sensory larger root: trigeminal ganglion
What are the branches of the ophthalmic nerve
Lacrimal, Nasociliary, Frontal
Function of lacrimal nerve
Parasymp to lacrimal gland
sensory to skin and conjunctiva of the lateral angle of the eye
What are the branches of the nasociliary nerve
infratrochlear, long ciliary n, ethmoidal n
Which nerve is important in dehorning in small ruminants vs large
Small: cornual branch of infratrochlear nerve
Large: Cornual branch of zygomaticotemporal nerve
What does the nasociliary nerve supply
Sensory to the parts of the eye and nasal cavity
What does the frontal nerve supply
Sensory to most of forehead and mucosa of frontal sinus
Name the important branch of the frontal nerve and what is supplies
Supraorbital nerve
Sensory to upper eyelid and skin near lateral angle
Supraorbital nerve species differences
Present in all species
In Eq and Ru ot emerges through supraorbital foramen which is accessible/palpable here for nerve blocks
Maxillary nerve origin
Trigeminal ganglion
Maxillary nerve course
Runs on cavernous sinus (with ophthalmic and 3) and passes through round foramen (orbitorotundum in Ru.)
Then goes to alar canal (in canine and equine) and rostral alar f.
to Ptyerygopalatine fossa to maxillar foramen to infraorbital canal and infraorbital f.
Maxillary nerve branches
Zygomatic, Pterygopalatine, infraorbital