Cranial nerves Flashcards
1
Q
- What do the following modalities mean?
- SSA
- SVA
- GVA
A
- Special Somatic afferent - vision, hearing balance
- Special visceral afferent - Smell, taste
- General visceral afferent - Sensory input from viscera
2
Q
- GSA
- GSE
A
- General sensory afferent - Perception of touch, pain, temperature
- General somatic efferent - Motor innervation of skeletal (Voluntary muscle)
3
Q
- GVE
- SVE
A
- General visceral efferent - Motor innervation to smooth muscle, heart muscle, and glands
- Special visceral efferent - Motor innervation to skeletal muscles derived from pharyngeal arch of mesoderm
4
Q
What are the 7 CN modalities?
A
- GSA - General somatic afferent
- SVA - Sensory Visceral afferent
- GVA - General visceral afferent
- GSE - General somatic efferent
- SVE - Special visceral efferent
- GVE - General visceral efferent
- SSA - Special somatic afferent
5
Q
- What modalities does CN1 have?
- Which nerve is this?
A
- SSA - Special sense of smell
- Olfactory nerve
6
Q
- Which nerve is CN2?
- Which modalities does CN2 have?
A
- Optic nerve
- SSA - Special sense of vision
7
Q
- Which nerve is CN III?
- Which modalities does CN III have?
A
- Occulomotor nerve
- GSE - Motor to extra-occular muscles (Medial, Superior Inferior Rectus & Inferior oblique) & Levator palpebri superioris
- GVE - Parasympathetic to Sphincter pupillae for accomodation
8
Q
- Which nerve is CN IV?
- Which modalities does CN IV have?
A
- Trochlear nerve
- GSE - Motor to superior oblique muscle
9
Q
- Which nerve is CN V?
- Which modalities does CN V have?
A
- Trigeminal nerve
- GSA - Sensory to face, orbit, nose, anterior tongue
- SVE - Motor to Temporalis muscle, masseter, medial and lateral pterygoids, tensor tympani, anterior belly of digastric, myolhyoid muscles
10
Q
- Which nerve is CN VI?
- Which modalities does CN VI have?
A
- Abducent nerve
- GSE - Motor to lateral rectus muscle
11
Q
- Which nerve is CN VII?
- Which modalities does CN VII have?
A
- Facial nerve
- GSA - Sensory to external acoustic meatus and auricle
- SVA - Special sense of taste to anterior 2/3 of tongue
- GVE - Motor to glands - lacrimal gland, submandibular, and sublingual salivary glands & Hard and soft palates
- SVE - Motor to facial muscles and scalp from 2nd pharyngeal arch - & stapedius, posterior belly of digastric, stylohyoid muscles
12
Q
- Which nerve is CN VIII?
- Which modalities does CN VIII have?
A
- Vestibulocochlear nerve
- SSA - Special sense of hearing and balance
13
Q
- Which nerve is CN IV?
- Which modalities does CN IV have?
A
- Glossopharyngeal nerve
- GSA - Sensory to posterior 1/3 of tongue, palatine tonsils, oropharynx, middle ear mucosa, eustachian tube, and mastoid air cells
- SVA - Special sense of taste - posterior tongue
- GVA - Sensory from middle ear, pharynx, carotid body & sinus
- GVE - Motor to parotid salivary gland
- SVE - Motor to stylopharyngeus muscle
14
Q
- Which nerve is CN X?
- Which modalities does CN X have?
A
- Vagus nerve
- GSA — Sensory from larynx, laryngopharynx & dura in PCF
- SVA - Special sense of taste, epiglottis
- GVA - Sensory from pharynx, larynx, and thoracic and abdominal organs, aortic body chemoreceptors and baroreceptors, esophagus, bronchi, lungs, heart
- GVE - Motor to smooth muscle and glands in pharynx, larynx, and thoracic and abdominal organs
- SVE - Motor to palatoglossus muscle, muscles of soft palate except tensor veli palatini, and pharynx and larynx except stylopharyngeus
15
Q
- Which nerve is CN XI?
- Which modalities does CN XI have?
A
- Spinal accessory nerve
- GSE - Motor to Sternocleidomastoid & Trapezius muscles
16
Q
- Which nerve is CN XII?
- Which modalities does CN XII have?
A
- Hypoglossal nerve
- GSE - Motor to muscles of tongue except Palatoglossus
17
Q
- What are the divisions of CN V?
A
- V1 - Opthalmic division
- V2 - Maxillary division
- V3 - Mandibular division
18
Q
- Where does the olfactory nerve exit from the skull
A
- Cribiform plate of ethmoid bone