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Cranial Nerves Flashcards

1
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What is CN 1?

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Olfactory

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2
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What is CN 2?

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Optic

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3
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What is CN 3?

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Occulomotor

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4
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What is CN 4?

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Trochlear

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5
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What is CN 5?

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Trigeminal

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6
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What is CN 6?

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Abducens

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7
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What is CN 7?

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Facial

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8
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What is CN 8?

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Vestibulocochlear

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9
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What is CN 9?

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Glossopharyngeal

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10
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What is CN 10?

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Vagus

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What is CN 11?

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Spinal Accessory

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12
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What is CN 12?

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Hypoglossal

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13
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What are the functions of CN 1?

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-Sense of smell

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14
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What are the functions of CN 2?

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-Sense of vision

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15
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What are the functions of CN3?

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  • Motor to eyeball
  • Levator palpibre motor (eyelid)
  • Parasympathetic Motor Control To Pupil
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16
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What are the functions of CN 4?

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-Motor to eyeball

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17
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What are the functions of CN 5?

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  • Mastication motor
  • Epicritic face and tongue sensation (2/3)
  • Protopathic face and tongue sensation
  • Unconscious proprioception and sensory for bite reflex
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18
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What are the functions of CN 6?

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-Eye movement

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19
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What are the functions of CN 7?

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  • Motor facial expression
  • Parasympathetic to all facial glands of head except for parotid and skin
  • Sensory to external ear external tympanic membrane
  • Taste sense to anterior 2/3 of tongue
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20
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What are the functions of CN 8?

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  • Special sense for hearing

- Posture and equilibrium

21
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What are the functions of CN 9?

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  • Motor: gag and swallowing
  • Parasympathetic motor to parotid gland
  • Visceral sensory to carotid body
  • Sensory to posterior tongue, pharynx, external ear, external tympanic membrane
22
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What are the functions of CN 10?

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  • Motor to pharynx larynx and vulva
  • Parasympathetic motor to larynx, thoracic and abdominal organs
  • Visceral sense to larynx, thoracic and abdominal organs
  • Sensory to external ear and external tympanic membrane
23
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What are the functions of CN 11?

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-Motor to Sternocleidomastoid and Trapezius

24
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What are the functions of CN 12?

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-Motor to intrinsics and extrinsics of tongue (speech)

25
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What are the nuclei for CN 1

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NONE

26
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What are the nuclei for CN 2

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  • Lateral Gen.

- Superior and inferior pre-tectal nucleus

27
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What are the nuclei for CN 3

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  • Nuc. of 3

- Edinger-Westphal

28
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What are the nuclei for CN 4

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-Nuc. of 4

29
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What are the nuclei for CN 5

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  • Motor Nuc of 5
  • Chief sensory nucleus and rostral spinal nucleus of 5
  • Caudal Spinal nucleus of 5
  • Mesencephalic nucleus of 5
30
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What are the nuclei for CN 6

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-Nucleus of 6

31
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What are the nuclei for CN 7

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  • Nucleus of 7
  • Superior Salvatory nucleus and lacrimal nuclei
  • Rostral spinal nucleus of 5 (epicritic)
  • Caudal spinal nucleus of 5 (protopathic)
  • Solitary nucleus (rostral)
32
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What are the nuclei for CN 8

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  • Dorsal and ventral cochlear nuclei

- Medial, lateral, inferior and superior vestibular nuclei.

33
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What are the nuclei for CN 9

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  • Nucleus ambiguous
  • Inferior salvatore nucleus
  • Solitary nucleus
  • Rostral spinal nucleus of 5 (epicritic)
  • Caudal spinal nucleus of 5 (protopathic)
  • Solitary nucleus (rostral)
34
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What are the nuclei for CN 10

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  • Nucleus ambiguous
  • Dorsal motor nucleus of 10
  • Solitary nucleus (caudal portion)
  • Rostral spinal nucleus (epicritic)
  • Caudal spinal nucleus (protopathic)
35
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What are the nuclei for CN 11

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-Nucleus of 11

36
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What are the nuclei for CN 12

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Nucleus of 12

37
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Where are the nuclei for CN 1

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N/A

38
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Where are the nuclei for CN 2

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Forebrain, midbrain

39
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Where are the nuclei for CN 3

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Midbrain

40
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Where are the nuclei for CN 4

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Midbrain

41
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Where are the nuclei for CN 5

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Pons, medulla, and midbrain

42
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Where are the nuclei for CN 6

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Pons

43
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Where are the nuclei for CN 7

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Pons and medulla

44
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Where are the nuclei for CN 8

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Pons and medulla

45
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Where are the nuclei for CN 9

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Pons and medulla

46
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Where are the nuclei for CN 10

A

Medulla

47
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Where are the nuclei for CN 11

A

Medulla and cervical spinal cord

48
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Where are the nuclei for CN 12

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Medulla

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