Cranial nerves Flashcards
all the nuclei are located in the brainstem except CN
I, II, XI
CN I, II, VIII are devoted to
special sensory input
purely motor
III, IV, VI, XI, XII
purely sensory
I, II, VIII
mixed
V, VII, IX, X
CN III, IX, and X carry
sympathetic fibers
CN located in diencephalon
I, II
CN located in midbrain
III and IV
CN located in pons
V, VI VII VIII
CN located in medulla
IX, X, XI, XII
innervates striated muscles that are somite derivatives
somatic efferent (GSE) CN III IV VI
innervate branchial arches derivatives
SVE/ branchial efferent V, VII, IX, X, XI
preganglionic parasympathetic components of cranial
division
GVE
convey sensation from the alimentary tract, heart, vessels
and lungs by way of nerves IX and X.
GVA IX, X
convey sensation from the skin and the mucous membranes
of the head (mainly CN V)
GSA
found in CN I (smell), CN II (vision) and CN VIII (hearing and
equilibrium)
SSA
most primitive of all CN
CN I
CN I does not pass thru
thalamus
2 parts of CN I
olfactory bulb
olfactory stalk
olfactory stalk carries
afferent axons
olfactory bulb lies above the
cribriform plate
CN I terminates in
primary olfactory cortex and entorhinal cortex
CNI pathway
receptor cells - olfactory nerves - O bulb, O stalk, anterior olfactory nucleus
olfactory cells are surrounded by _______ with bowman’s glands that secrete _____
sustentacular cells; mucus
_____ are the ones that respond to olfactory chemical stimuli
olfactory cilia
2 type of interneurons of olfacotry bulb
periglomerular cells
granule cells
receives signals from olfactory sensory neurons an
centrifugal fibers
periglomerular cells
most numerous interneurons
granule cells
most characteristic feature of the
olfactory bulb in all vertebrates where these elements interact
olfactory glomeruli
(SYNAPTIC TRIAD):
a. olfactory axon (input fiber)
b. mitral and tufted cells (principal neurons)
c. periglomerular cell (intrinsic neuron)
the olfactory tract/ stalk consists of central axons of the ________ of the
bulb and some centrifugal fibers from the opposite olfactory
bulb
mitral and tufted cells
regulate information flow between nearly every region where
odor information processing occurs.
Anterior Olfactory Nucleus
center of highest visual acuity
fovea