Cranial Nerves Flashcards
Purely motor nerves
4,6,11,12
Purely sensory nerves
1,2,8,V1, V2
Mix of sensory and motor
V3
Mix of sensory, motor, and parasympathetic
3,7,9,10
How are cranial nerves numbered?
From rostral to caudal
Most cranial nerves are associated with ____
The brainstem
Parts of the brainstem (rostral to caudal)
Midbrain, pons, medulla
Cranial nerve somatomotor nuclei
Brainstem
Equivalent to ventral horn of spinal cord
Innervate skeletal muscles of face and neck
Sensory ganglia of spinal nerves path
Peripheral process to sensory ganglia to central process to cranial nerve sensory nucleus
Peipheral process of cranial nerve sensory nerves associated iwht
a receptor
Central process of cranial nerve terminates in a
Cranial nerve sensory nucleus (equivalent to dorsal horn)
Preganglionic parasympathetic fibers of cranial nerves travel
With the cranial nerve in which it was associated and synapse in parasympathetic ganglion
Postganglionic parasympathetic fibers of cranial nerves travel
Hitch a ride on other nerves (typically 5)
Preganglionic sympathetic fibers of cranial originate
Lateral horn of spinal cord
Postganglionic sympathetic fibers of cranial originate from
Superior cervical ganglion
How can post-gang sym reach target?
On their own Carotid plexus (on internal and external carotids) Follow internal carotids to skull and hitch a ride with CN5
Ganglia of the head and associated nerve
Ciliary (2)
Pterygopalatine (7)
Submandibular (7)
Otic (9)
Branches of trigeminal nerve supplying the face from superior to inferior
Ophthalmic
Maxillary
Mandibular
CN 5
Trigeminal nerve
Where are sensory trigeminal nerve cell bodies found
Trigeminal ganglion
Trigeminal somatosensory fibers
Peripheral processes
Ophtalmic (V1)
Maxillary (V2)
Mandibular (V3)
Trigeminal central processes terminate in
Spinal trigeminal nucleus
Cell bodies of trigeminal motor fibers innervating skeletal muscles
Trigeminal motor nucleus (ventral horn)
How does ophthalmic division leave the cranial cavity
Superior orbital fissure
Peripheral processes of ophthalmic division
Front (supraorbital and supratrochlear)
Lacrimal
Nasociliary
Which branch of ciliary used by parasympathetic to hitch a ride?
Nasociliary
Long ciliary nerve contain
Sensory from nasociliary innervating cornea and iris
Post sym fibers from carotid plexus
NO PARA FIBERS
Short ciliary contain
Sensory from nasociliary innervating cornea and iris
Post sym fibers from carotid plexus
Postganglionic parasymp fibers
Maxillary divison of trigeminal leaves cranial cavity through ______ to enter _____
Foramen rotundum
Pterygopalatine fossa
Peripheral processes of maxillary division
Infraorbital Greater and lesser palatine (descending palatine) Zygomatic (cheek) Posterior superior alveolar Sphenopalatine (nasal cavity)
Mandibular division leaves cranium through _____ to enter _____
Foramen ovale
INfratemporal fossa
Sensory mandibular branches
Inferior alveolar
Lingual
Buccal
Auriculotemporal
Auriculotemporal loops around
Middle meningeal artery
Trigeminal motor fibers supply
Muscles of mastication
Muscles of mastication
Masseter
Temporalis
Medial pterygoid
Lateral pterygoid
Cranial nerve 1
Olfactory nerve
Olvfactory nerve snsory ganglion
Dispersed through olfacotyr mucosa in nasal cavity
Peripheral process of CN1
At surface of olfactory mucosa
Central processes of CN1
Pass through cribiform to terminate in olfacotry bulb
Olfactory bulb axons form
Olfactory tract that travels to cortex
Cranial nerve 2
Optic nerve
Light excites
Retinal ganglion cells of the eye
Central processes of retinal ganglion cells leave eye through ____ to enter_____
Optic canal
Middle cranial fossa as the optic nerve
WHen are obtic visual fibers named optic tracts?
After chiasm
Visual vibers terminate in
Lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus
CN 3
Oculomotor nerve