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CRANIAL NERVES

Sensory - smell

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1 (olfactory)

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CRANIAL NERVES

Sensory - sight

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2 (optic)

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CRANIAL NERVES

Motor - Eyes (multiple)

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3, 4, 6

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CRANIAL NERVES

Sensation of face, scalp, teeth, jaw, mouth (including SP), nasal cavity, ant 2/3 of tongue

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5

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CRANIAL NERVES

Motor - chewing muscles

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5

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CRANIAL NERVES

Sensory - tongue taste (multiple)

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7, 9, 12 (for base of tongue and below)

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CRANIAL NERVES

Motor - contraction of facial muscles

sensory - front 2/3 of tongue (taste)

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7

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CRANIAL NERVES

Sensory - hearing and equilibrium

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8

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CRANIAL NERVES

Motor - secretion of saliva (multiple)

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7, 9

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CRANIAL NERVES

Sensory - heart, lungs, larynx, pharynx, GI tract

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10

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CRANIAL NERVES

Motor - heart, lungs, larynx, pharynx, GI tract

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10

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CRANIAL NERVES

Motor - internal larynx, shoulder/neck muscles

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11

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CRANIAL NERVES

Motor - back 1/3 of tongue and strap muscles

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12

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14
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Numbers of cranial nerves refer to

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height of origination (superior to inferior)

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15
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Cranial nerves can be ___ or __ (relating to specific senses like sound or taste)

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general; special

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CRANIAL NERVES

when classified by three letters, the first refers to ___, the second refers to ___ and the third refers to ___

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1) type of sense (general vs special like taste or hearing)
2) somatic (pain, temp, mechanical) vs visceral
3) efferent vs afferent (or both)

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17
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Cranial nerves found at midbrain

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1-4

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18
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Cranial nerves found at pons-level

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5-8

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19
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Cranial nerves found in medulla

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9-12

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20
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name sup to inf

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olfactory bulb; olfactory tract

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21
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most important cranial nerves for SLP work

22
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name cranial nerve

23
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name cranial nerve

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oculomotor

24
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CRANIAL NERVE - NAME AND FUNCTION

1

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Olfactory; senses smell

25
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CRANIAL NERVE - NAME AND FUNCTION

2

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Optic - senses sight

26
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CRANIAL NERVE - NAME AND FUNCTION

3

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Oculomotor; moves eyes to superior corner, lateral outside corner, medially, pupil dilation and constriction

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CRANIAL NERVE - NAME AND FUNCTION

4

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Trochlear; ,makes eyes “cross-eyed” when eyelids are closed

28
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name the nerve

29
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Name branches, sup to inf

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1) ophthalmic
2) maxillary
3) mandibular

30
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CRANIAL NERVE - NAME AND FUNCTION

5

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Trigeminal;

sense - of scalp and face, ant 2/3 tongue

motor - mastication muscles

31
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name, sup to info

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trigeminal ganglion
ophthalmic nerve
maxillary nerve
lingual nerve

32
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CRANIAL NERVE - NAME AND FUNCTION

6

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Abducens; moves eyes laterally

33
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CRANIAL NERVE - NAME AND FUNCTION

7

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Facial

motor -
1) facial muscles
2) tear glands
3) saliva glands in mouth/under tongue

sensory
1) taste for ant ⅔ part of tongue
2) skin around ear and in EAM

34
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name cranial nerve

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7 - facial

35
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five branches of CN 7 - motor

A

BLT for ZaC?

Temporal
Zygomatic
Buccal
Lingual
Cervical

36
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which twig of facial nerve travels through the ear to get deliver info on taste

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chorda tympani

37
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CRANIAL NERVE - NAME AND FUNCTION

8

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Vestibulocochlear; sensory - auditory info and balance

38
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CRANIAL NERVE - NAME AND FUNCTION

9

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Glossopharyngeal

Sensory -
taste back of tongue
temp/pain back of mouth/tongue/pharynx
sense tympanic membrane
tympanic cavity
eustachian tube
auricle

Motor -
parotid gland for salivation
stylopharyngeus
superior constrictor muscles

39
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name the cranial nerve

40
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CRANIAL NERVE - NAME AND FUNCTION

10

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Vagus, EVERYTHING

Motor -
larynx
most of pharynx
palate
abdominal viscera
heart

Sensory -
eardrum
EAM
post auricle
taste from epiglottis and valleculae
pain in pharynx
esophagus
brochi
abdominal viscera

41
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What are the four primary branches of the vagus nerve?

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SPAR

auricular
recurrent laryngeal nerve
pharyngeal
superior laryngeal nerve

42
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only palatal muscle not innervated by vagus

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tensor veli palatini

43
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name the cranial nerve

44
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These two cranial nerves are tangled together

45
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CRANIAL NERVE - NAME AND FUNCTION

11

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Accessory

Motor -
SCM
trap
works with X to innervate larynx, pharynx, SP

46
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CRANIAL NERVE - NAME AND FUNCTION

12

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Hypoglossal

Motor - tongue - all except palatoglossus

47
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__ cranial nerves are only sensory, __ are both sensory and motor, and __ are just motor

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Mambo number 5

3; 4; 5

48
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Which three cranial nerves are only sensory?

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Olfactory (I)
Optic (II)
Vestibulocochlear (VIII)

49
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Which four cranial nerves are both sensory and motor?

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Trigeminal (V)
Facial (VII)
Glossopharyngeal (IX)
Vagus (X)

50
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Which five cranial nerves are motor only?

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Oculomotor (III)
Trochlear (IV)
Abducens (VI)
Accessory (XI)
Hypoglossal (XII)

51
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Aside from touch, what order to the senses happen in by cranial nerves?

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Smell - olfactory (I)
Sight - optic (II)
Taste - facial, glossalpharyngeal and hypoglossal (XII)
Hearing - vestibulocochlear (XIII)

52
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mnemonic for remembering CN functions

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  1. Some
  2. Say
  3. Marry
  4. Money
  5. But
  6. My
  7. Brother
  8. Says
  9. Big
  10. Brains
  11. Matter
  12. More

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