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Cranial Nerves Flashcards

1
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Where are cranial nerve nuclei located?

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In tegmentum portion of brain stem in between dorsal and ventral portions

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What nuclei are present in midbrain

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CN III, IV

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What nuclei are present in pons?

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CN V, VI, VII, VIII

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What nuclei are present in the medulla?

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CN IX, X, XII

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What nuclei are present in the spinal cord?

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CN XI

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What is the afferent an efferent stimulus for corneal reflex?

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CN V1 is afferent (nasociliary branch) and CN VII (temporal branch: orbicularis oculi) is efferent branch

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What is the afferent and efferent stimulus for lacrimal reflex?

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CN V1 is afferent and CN VIII is efferent

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What is the afferent and efferent for jaw jerk reflex?

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CN V3 (sensory) is afferent and V3 (motor-masseter) is efferent

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Afferent and efferent for pupillary reflex?

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CN II-afferent

CN III-efferent

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10
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Afferent and efferent for gag reflex?

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CN IX-afferent

CN X-efferent

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What vagal nuclei is involved in receiving visceral sensory information (taste, baroreceptors, and gut distention) and includes CN VII, IX, X?

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Nucleus Solitarius

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What vagal nerve nuclei is involved in motor innervation of pharynx, larynx, and upper esophagus (swallowing, palate elevation) from IX, X, XI (cranial portion)?

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Nucleus ambiguus

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What vagal nerve nuclei sends autonomic fibers to heart , lungs, and upper GI from CN X?

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Dorsal motor nucleus

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Which cranial nerves go through cribriform plate, middle cranial fossa, and posterior cranial fossa?

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CNI
CN II-VI through sphenoid bone
CN VII-XII through temporal or occipital bone

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What runs through optic canal?

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CN II, ophthalmic artery, and retinal vein

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16
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What runs through superior orbital fissure?

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CN III, IV, V1, VI, opthalmic artery, sympathetic fibers

17
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What runs through foramen rotundum?

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CN V2,

18
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What runs through foramen ovale?

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CN V3

19
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What runs through foramen spinosum?

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Middle meningeal artery

20
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What runs through internal auditory meatus?

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CN VII, VIII

21
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What runs through jugular foramen?

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CN IX, X, XI, jugular vein

22
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What runs through hypoglossal canal?

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CN XII

23
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What runs through foramen magnum?

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Spinal roots of CN XI, brain stem, and vertebral arteries

24
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CN V Motor lesion?

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Jaw deviates toward side of lesion due to unopposed force from opposite pterygoid muscle

25
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CN X lesion?

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uvula deviates away from side of lesion

26
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CN XI lesion?

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shoulder droop and and turning head to contralateral side of lesion

27
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CN XII lesion?

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tongue deviates toward side of lesion (“lick your wounds)” and decreased tongue muscles on affected side.

28
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What 3 muscles are used to close the jaw and what are they innervated by?

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Masseter, teMporalis, Medial pteryoid. V3

29
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Describe pathway of pupillary light reflex

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1) Signal via CN II to pretectal nuclei (in midbrain)
2) Activates Edinger-Westphal nuclei
3) Pupils contract bilaterally via CN II output to ciliary ganglion and short ciliary nerves to pupillary sphincter muscles

30
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Early onset alzheimers

Late onset

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Earl onset: APP (Chr 21), presinilin 1 (Chr 14), presinilin 2 (Chr 1)
Late onset: ApoE4 (Chr 19), ApoE2 (Chr 19) is protectivve

31
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Associated with JC virus. CNS destruction of oligodendrocytes with increased risk associated with natlizumab

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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

32
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Multifocal perivenular inflammation and demyelination after infection (commonly measles or VZV) or certain vaccinations (Rabies/smallpox)

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Acute disseminated (postinfections) encephalomyelitis

33
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Autosomal recessive. Arylsulfatase A deficiency and buildup of myelin–>central and peripheral demyelination with ataxia, dementia

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Metachromatic leukodystrophy

34
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Auto rec. lysosomal storage disease with deficiency in galactocerebrosidase–>myelin sheath destruction. Peripheral neuroapthy, developmental delay

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Krabbe disease

35
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X-linked genetic affecting males disrupting metabolism of very long chain fatty acids–>excessive nervous system buildup, adrenal gland, and testes affected.

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Adrenoleukodystrophy

36
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Seizures casue by age

1) Children
2) Adults
3) Elderly

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1) Genetic, infection (febrile), trauma, congenital metabolic
2) Tumor, Trauma, Stroke, Infection
3) Stroke, tumor, trauma, infection

37
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What is the vestibular pathway?

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Hair of labyrinth structures–>vestibular ganglion–>vestibular nuclei in brainstem–>cerebellum, MLF, spinal cord, thalamus

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