Cranial Nerves Flashcards
CN II
Optic Nerve
Special sensory: vision
Foramen: optic canal
CN I
Olfactory Nerve
Special sensory: smell
Cribiform plate
CN III
Occulomotor
Motor: 5/7 extraocular muscles
Special sensory: pupil constriction and lens accomodation
Foramen: superior orbital fissure
CN IV
Trochlear
Motor: 1/7 extraocular muscles
Foramen: superior orbital fissure
CN V
Trigeminal
Motor: muscles of mastication
Sensory: head and face
Foramen: each branch has their own
CN V1
Opthalmic
Sensory: Skin above the Eyes (via supraorbital nerve)
Foramen: superior orbital fissure –> supraorbital foramen
CN V2
Maxillary
Sensory: Skin below the eyes to the upper teeth (via infraorbital nerve)
Foramena: Foramen rotundum –> (ptergopalatine fossa) –> inferior orbital fissure –> (floor of orbit) –>infraorbital foramen
CN V3
Mandibular
Motor: Muscles of mastication (massetter, temorallis, lateral and medial ptergoid, mylohyoid, anterior digastricus)
Sensory: Skin below the lower teeth (via inferior alveolar)
Anterior 2/3 of the tongue (via lingual)
Foramen: foramen ovale –> Mandibular –> mental foramen
CN VI
Abducens
Motor: 1/7 Extra-ocular muscles (lateral rectus)
Foramen: superior orbital fissure
CN VII
Facial
Motor: Muscles of Expression (occipitofrontalis, zygomaticus, obicularis oris and occuli, buccinator, platysma, mentalis, stylohyoid, posterior digastricus)
Special Sensory: Taste to anterior 2/3 of the tongue
Autonomics: Lacrimal and Salivary glands
Sensory: Ear canal and Auricle
Foramen: Internal Acoustic Meatus –> exits at stylomastoid foramen
CN VIII
Vestibulocochlear
Special Sensory: Hearing and balance
Foramen: Internal Acoustic Meatus
CN IX
Glossopharyngeal
Motor: Pharyngeal muscles (superior, middle and inferior constrictors)
Specail Sensory: taste to the posterior 2/3 of the tongue
Autonomics: Parotid Salivary Gland
Sensory: posterior 1/3 of the tongue
Foramen: Jugular Foramen
CN X
Vagus
Motor: Laryngeal muscles
Special Sensory: base of tongue and taste
Autonomics: Thoracic and abdominal viscera
Sensory: Ear canal
Foramen: Jugular Foramen
CN XI
Spinal Accessory
Motor: Trapezius and Sternocleidomastoid
Foramen: Jugular Foramen
CN XII
Hypoglossal
Motor: Muscles of the tongue
Foramen: Hypoglossal Canal