Cranial Nerves Flashcards

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Olfactory

A

Carries impulses for the sense of smell toward the brain

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Optic

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Carries visual information from eye to brain

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3
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Oculomotor

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Controls contraction of eye muscles

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4
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Troclear

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Supplies one eyeball muscle

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5
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Trigemenal (three branches)

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Ophthalmic
Maxillary
Mandibular

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6
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Trigemenal-ophthalmic branch

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Eye (sensory)

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7
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Trigemenal-maxillary branch

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Upper jaw

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8
Q

Trigemenal-mandibular branch

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Mandible

Lower jaw

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9
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Abducena

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Controlling impulses to an eyeball muscle

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10
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Facial

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Controls muscles of facial expression. Carries sensation of taste, stimulates small salivary glands and lacrimal gland.

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11
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Vestibulochlear

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Carry sensory impulses for hearing and equilibrium from the inner ear toward the brain.

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12
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Glossopharyngeal

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Carry sensory impulses from tongue and pharynx. Controls swallowing muscles and stimulates the paranoid salivary gland.

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13
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Vagus

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Supplies most of the organs in the thoracic and abdominales cavities, carries motor impulses to the larynx and pharynx.

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14
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Accessory

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Controls muscles in the neck and larynx

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15
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Hypoglosaal

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Controls muscles of the tongue

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