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Cranial Nerves Flashcards

1
Q

Olfactory N (CN1)

A

Sensory

Smell

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2
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Opening for Olfactory N

A

Cribiform plate of Ethmoid Bone

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3
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Optic N (CN2)

A

Sensory

Vision

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4
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Opening for Optic N

A

Optic Canal

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5
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Oculomotor N (CN3)

A

Motor, parasymp
rectus muscles, inferior oblique, levator palpebrae superioris
constric pupil and accomodate eye

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6
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Opening for Oculomotor N

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Superior Orbital Fissure

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7
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Trochlear N (CN4)

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Motor

superior oblique m

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8
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Opening for Trochlear N

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Superior Orbital Fissure

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9
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Trigeminal N (CN5)

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Sensory- most of head

Motor- mastication mm

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10
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Opening for Ophthalmic Division of Trigeminal N

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Superior Orbital Fissure

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Opening for Maxillary Division of Trigeminal N

A

Foramen Rotuntum

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12
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Opening for Mandibular Division of Trigeminal N

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Foramen Ovale

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13
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Ophthalmic Division

A

Sensory to cornea; skin of forehead, scalp, eyelids, nose

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Maxillary Division

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Sensory to skin of face over maxilla and upper lip, teeth of upper jaw

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Mandibular Division

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Sensory to skin of cheek, skin over mandible, side of head, teeth of lower jaw
Motor to m of mastication

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16
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Abducens N (CN6)

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Motor to lateral rectus m

17
Q

Opening for Abducens N

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Superior Orbital Fissure

18
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Facial N (CN7)

A

Motor to mm of facial expression, stylohyoid, post digastric
Taste for ant 2/3 of tongue and palate
Parasymp of submandibular and sublingual salivary glands, lacrimal glands

19
Q

Opening for Facial N

A

Internal Auditory Meatus, Facial Canal, Stylomastoid Foramen

20
Q

Vestibulocochlear N (CN8)

A

Sensory

Position and mvmt of head; hearing

21
Q

Opening for Vestibulocochlear N

A

Internal Auditory/ Acoustic Meatus

22
Q

Glossopharyngeal N (CN9)

A

Motor to stylopharyngeus
Sense to pharynx and carotid sinus
taste to post 1/3 of tonge
Parasymp for parotid gland

23
Q

Vagus N (CN10)

A

Motor to constrictor mm of pharynx and intrinsic mm of larynx
Parasymp to neck, thorax, abdomen
taste for epiglottis and valleculae

24
Q

Opening for Vagus N

A

Jugular Foramen

25
Q

Accessory N (CN11)

A

Motor to sternocleidomastoid and trapezius

26
Q

Opening for Accessory N

A

Jugular Foramen

27
Q

Hypoglossal N (CN12)

A

Motor

intrinsic and extrinsic mm of tonge (Not palatoglossus)

28
Q

Opening for Hypoglossal N

A

Hypoglossal Canal

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