Cranial Nerves Flashcards
What are the names of these nerves?
- CN I
- CN II
- CN III
- CN IV
- CN V
- CN VI
- CN VII
- CN VIII
- CN IX
- CN X
- CN XI
- CN XII
- CN I - Olfactory nerve
- CN II - Optic nerve
- CN III - Oculomotor nerve
- CN IV - Trochlear nerve
- CN V - Trigeminal nerve
- CN VI - Abducens nerve
- CN VII - Facial nerve
- CN VIII - Vestibulocochlear nerve
- CN IX - Glossopharyngeal nerve
- CN X - Vagus nerve
- CN XI - Accessory nerve
- CN XII - Hypoglossal nerve
What is the function of the Olfactory Nerve?
Sensory or motor?
Smell
Sensory
What is the function of the Optic Nerve?
Sensory or motor?
Sight
Sensory
What is the function of the Oculomotor Nerve?
Sensory or motor?
- Eye movement (SR, IR, MR, IO)
- Pupillary constriction (sphincter pupillae: Edinger-Westphal nucleus, muscarinic receptors)
- Accomodation
- Eyelid opening (levator palpebrae)
- Motor
What is the function of the Trochlear Nerve?
Sensory or Motor?
Eye movement (SO)
Motor
What is the function of the Trigeminal Nerve?
Sensory or Motor?
- Mastication
- Facial sensation (ophthalmic, maxillary, mandibular divisions)
- Somatosensation: anterior 2/3 of tongue
- Both
What is the function of the Abducens Nerve?
Sensory or Motor?
Eye movement (LR)
Motor
What is the function of the Facial Nerve?
Sensory or Motor?
- Facial movement
- Taste: anterior 2/3 of tongue
- Lacrimation
- Salivation (submandibular, sublingual glands)
- Eyelid closing (orbicularis oculi)
- Stapedius muscle in ear
- Both
What is the function of the Vestibulocochlear Nerve?
Sensory or Motor?
Hearing, balance
Sensory
What is the function of the Glossopharyngeal nerve?
Sensory or Motor?
- Taste & somatosensation from posterior 1/3 of tongue
- Swallowing
- Salivation (parotid gland)
- Monitoring carotid body & sinus chemo- & baroreceptors
- Stylopharyngeus (elevates pharynx, larynx)
- Both
What is the function of the Vagus Nerve?
Sensory or Motor?
- Taste from epiglottic region
- Swallowing
- Soft palate elevation
- Midline uvula
- Talking
- Coughing
- Thoracoabdominal viscera
- Monitoring aortic arch chemo- & baroreceptors
- Both
What is the function of the Accessory Nerve?
Sensory or Motor?
- Head turning
- Shoulder shrugging (SCM, trapezius)
- Motor
What is the function of the Hypoglossal Nerve?
Sensory or Motor?
Tongue movement
Motor
Corneal Reflex
- Afferent
- Efferent
- Afferent: V1 ophthalmic (nasociliary branch)
- Efferent: VII (temporal branch: orbicularis oculi)
Lacrimation Reflex
- Afferent
- Efferent
- Afferent: V1
- Efferent: VII