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Cranial Nerves Flashcards

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What are all the special sensory cranial nerves?

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CNI, CNII, CNVII, CNVIII, CNIX

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What modalities does CNI contain?

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Special sensory

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What modalities does CNII contain?

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Special sensory

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What modalities does CNIII contain?

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Motor and parasympathetics

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What modalities does CNIV contain?

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Motor

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What modalities does CNV contain?

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Sensory in all branches, motor in CNV3

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What modalities does CNVI contain?

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Motor

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What modalities does CNVII contain?

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Motor, special sensory and parasympathetics

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What modalities does CNVIII contain?

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Special sensory

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What modalities does CNIX contain?

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Sensory, special sensory, motor and parasympathetics

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What modalities does CNX contain?

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Sensory, motor, parasympathetics

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What modalities does CNXII contain?

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Motor

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Which of the cranial nerves connect with the CNS at the midbrain?

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Oculomotor and trochlear

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14
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Which of the cranial nerves connect with the CNS at the pons?

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Trigeminal

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Which of the cranial nerves connect with the CNS at the ponto-medullary junction?

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Abducens, facial and vestibulocochlear

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16
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Which of the cranial nerves connect with the CNS at the spinal cord?

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Spinal accessory

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What defines the ‘intracranial’ part of a cranial nerve course?

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Between their point of connection with the CNS and their base of skull foramina

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What cranial cavity does CNI pass through? In which cranial fossa is this?

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Cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone - anterior cranial fossa

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Where do the olfactory nerves synapse? They then travel through where to reach their cortical areas?

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Olfactory bulb / olfactory tract

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Intracranially, CNII travels around the pituitary stalk to what structure? It then forms what structure?

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The optic chiasm / the optic tract

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Where does the optic nerve connect with the CNS?

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At the diencephalon

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How would you test the olfactory nerve?

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Ask the patient to smell a familiar smell while covering the other nostril

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How would you test the optic nerve?

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Visual acuity, colour vision, visual fields, fundoscopy, pupillary light reflexes

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What is the parasympathetic function of CNIII? What muscle is this via?

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Pupillary constriction via sphincter pupillae

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Which base of skull foramina does the oculomotor nerve pass through?

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Superior orbital fissure

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How can you test the parasympathetic function of CNIII?

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Pupillary light reflexes for pupillary constriction

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What is the motor function of the trochlear nerve?

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Eye movement - superior oblique muscle

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28
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Which cranial nerves travel along the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus?

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Oculomotor and trochlear nerves

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29
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Which cranial nerve travels within the cavernous sinus?

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Abducens nerve

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What is the motor function of the abducens nerve?

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Eye movement via the lateral rectus muscle

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How would the oculomotor, trochlear and abducens nerve all be tested for?

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The H test to assess eye movements

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32
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The vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for what?

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Hearing and balance

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Which base of skull foramina does the vestibulocochlear nerve pass through? Which cranial fossa is this in?

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Internal acoustic meatus - posterior cranial fossa

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How is the vestibulocohlear nerve tested for?

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Rhinne and Weber’s tests

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The spinal accessory nerve ascends through which base of skull foramina? And then travels towards which base of skull foramina?

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Foramen magnum / jugular foramen

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How is the spinal accessory nerve tested?

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Ask patients to shrug their shoulders and turn their head against resistance

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What is the motor function of the hypoglossal nerve?

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Motor function to the muscles of the tongue

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38
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Where does the hypoglossal nerve connect with the CNS in relation to the pyramids of the medulla?

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Laterally

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Describe the extracranial part of the hypoglossal nerve?

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Descends lateral to the carotid sheath and then turns anteriorly at the level of the hyoid bone towards the lateral aspect of the tongue

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40
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The hypoglossal nerve innervates all muscles ending in glossus except which one?

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Palatoglossus

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41
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If there is unilateral hypoglossal nerve pathology, what direction will the tongue face when asked to stick it out straight?

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Towards the side of the injured nerve

42
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Which base of skull foramina does CNV1 pass through?

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Superior orbital fissure

43
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Which base of skull foramina does CNV3 pass through?

A

Foramen ovale

44
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What is the motor function of CNV3?

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The muscles of mastication, tensor veli palatini and tensor tympani

45
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What is the one pair of jaw opening muscles supplied by the trigeminal nerve?

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Lateral pterygoid

46
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Which aspect of the trigeminal nerve is responsible for the afferent part of the corneal reflex?

47
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Which base of skull foramina does the facial nerve pass a) IN b) OUT?

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a) Internal acoustic meatus b) stylomastoid foramen

48
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What is the motor function of the facial nerve?

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Muscles of facial expression

49
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The chorda tympani is a branch of which cranial nerve?

A

Facial nerve

50
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What is the function of the chorda tympani?

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Taste supply to the anterior 2/3rds of the tongue AND parasympathetics to the submandibular and sublingual glands

51
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What supplies the stapedius muscle in the inner ear?

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Facial nerve

52
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What is the function of the tensor tympani muscle?

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Reduces the noise produced by chewing

53
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What two nerves combine to form the lingual nerve?

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Chorda tympani branch of the facial nerve and CNV3

54
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How can the motor function of CNVII be tested?

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Ask patient to close eyes tightly, raise eyebrows, smile, puff out cheeks, whistle

55
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What nerve supplies taste sensation to a) the anterior 2/3rds of tongue? b) the posterior 1/3rd of tongue?

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a) Facial nerve b) Glossopharyngeal nerve

56
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Which base of skull foramina does the glossopharyngeal nerve pass through?

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Jugular foramen

57
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From which structures does the glossopharyngeal nerve ascend towards the jugular foramen?

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The pharyngeal mucosa, carotid body and sinus, posterior 1/3rd of tongue

58
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Which cranial nerve is responsible for taste sensation to the vallate papillae of the posterior 1/3rd of the tongue?

A

Glossopharyngeal

59
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What is the only motor function of the glossopharyngeal nerve?

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Stylopharyngeus muscle

60
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Where does the glossopharyngeal nerve send visceral afferents to?

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The carotid sinus baroreceptors and carotid body chemoreceptors

61
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Which cranial nerve is responsible for referred pain between the pharynx and the ear?

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Glossopharyngeal

62
Q

The axons of the vagus nerve supply lots of structures between where?

A

The palate and the midgut

63
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The vagus nerve runs inferiorly to the thorax and then does what?

A

Gives off the recurrent laryngeal nerve to turn back superiorly to the muscles of the larynx

64
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The right recurrent laryngeal nerve curves under where?

A

The right subclavian artery

65
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The vagus nerve passes through the diaphragm with what structure? At what spinal level?

A

Oesophagus - T10

66
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The vagus nerves very last parasympathetic axons pass to where?

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The splenic flexure of the colon

67
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What nerve forms the efferent limb of the gag reflex?

A

Vagus nerve

68
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When testing the vagus nerve you should ask the patient to say ahh - what will happen to the uvula if there is unilateral vagus nerve pathology?

A

The uvula will move away from the affected side

69
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Apart from saying ahh and observing the uvula, what are some other ways of testing the vagus nerve?

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Ask patient to swallow, and listen to their speech for hoarseness

70
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What modalities does CNXI contain?

71
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Which of the cranial nerves connect with the CNS at the medulla?

A

Glossopharyngeal, vagus and hypoglossal

72
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Which base of skull foramina does CNII pass through? In which cranial fossa is this?

A

Optic canal in the middle cranial fossa

73
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What is the motor function of the oculomotor nerve?

A

Eye movements (superior and inferior rectus, medial rectus, inferior oblique) and levator palpebrae superioris

74
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Where do the parasympathetics of the oculomotor nerve synapse?

A

The ciliary ganglion

75
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What base of skull foramina does the trochlear nerve pass through?

A

Superior orbital fissure

76
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What base of skull foramina does the abducens nerve pass through?

A

Superior orbital fissure

77
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What muscles are supplied by the spinal accessory nerve?

A

Trapezius and sternocleidomastoid

78
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Which base of skull foramina does the hypoglossal nerve pass through?

A

Hypoglossal canal

79
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What nerve innervates the palatoglossus muscle?

A

Vagus nerve

80
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Which base of skull foramina does CNV2 pass through?

A

Foramen rotundum

81
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What are the 3 pairs of jaw closing muscles supplied by CNV3?

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Masseter, temporalis and medial pterygoids

82
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The facial nerve spends most of its time within what bone of the skull?

A

Temporal bone

83
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What are the muscles of facial expression which are supplied by the facial nerve?

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Orbicularis oculi, orbicularis oris, frontalis and elevators of lips

84
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From the jugular foramen, the glossopharyngeal nerve sends motor/parasympathetic axons to where?

A

The stylopharyngeus muscle and the parotid gland

85
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What is the parasympathetic function of the glossopharyngeal nerve?

A

Parotid gland (secretory)

86
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Which cranial nerve is responsible for forming the afferent limb of the gag reflex?

A

Glossopharyngeal

87
Q

What base of skull foramina does the vagus nerve run through?

A

The jugular foramen

88
Q

Which cranial nerve runs within the carotid sheath?

89
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The left recurrent laryngeal nerve curves under where?

A

The arch of the aorta

90
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The majority of cranial nerves exit their base of skull foramina anteriorly - what are the exceptions to this?

A

Trochlear exits posteriorly and vestibulocochlear exits laterally

91
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The soma of sensory nerve cells within cranial nerves will be found where?

A

In ganglia outside the CNS

92
Q

Nuclei for the motor cranial nerves are found near where?

A

The midline of the brainstem

93
Q

Which cranial nerve nuclei are in the midbrain?

A

Oculomotor and trochlear

94
Q

Which cranial nerve nuclei are in the pons?

A

Trigeminal and abducens

95
Q

Which cranial nerve nuclei are in the medulla?

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Glossopharyngeal nerve, vagus nerve, spinal accessory nerve, hypoglossal nerve

96
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Which cranial nerve nuclei is located on the border of the pons and medulla?

A

Facial nerve

97
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What is the solitary nucleus responsible for?

A

Taste and visceral sensory information

98
Q

What are the superior and inferior salivatory nuclei responsible for?

A

Parasympathetics to salivary glands

99
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What is the nucleus ambiguus responsible for?

A

Motor supply to the muscles of the pharynx, larynx and upper oesophagus

100
Q

What spinal cord tract is responsible for the motor input to cranial nerves?

A

Corticobulbar tract

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