Cranial Nerves Flashcards
What are the Cranial Nerves?
I: OLFACTORIUS (some) II: OPTICUS (say) III: OCULOMOTORIUS (money) IV: TROCHLEARIS (matters) V: TRIGEMINUS (but) VI: ABDUCENS (my) VII: FACIAL (brother) VIII: VESTIBULO COCHLEARIS (AUDITORIUS) (Say) IX: GLOSSOPHARYNGEUS (big) X: VAGUS (boobs) XI: ACCESORIUS (matter) XII: HYPOGLOSSUS (most)
Cranial Nerve I (Dog)
OLFACTORIUS - Sensory nerve - afferent Visceral special - exit from neurocranium: LAMINA CRIBROSA - Function: OLFACTION - Brain attachment: FOREBRAIN - Innervation: Afferent - Clinical testing: observation, odourant Such as food - Dysfunction: DYSOMIA
Cranial Nerve II
OPTIC NERVE - Sensory - Afferent, SOMaTIC + Proprioceptive special - fuction: Vision - Brain attachment: FOREBRAIN (DIENCEPHALOn)
- Exit from neurocranium: OPTIC FORAMEN
- Innervation: AFFERENT
- Clinical testing: VISION: Maze test, visual tracking Menace response (IIa & VIIe) Pupillary light reflex (IIa & IIIe)(parasymphathetic)
PUPIL SIZE:
Pupillary light reflex
Pharmacological testing
- Dysfunction: VISION: Blindness, Dilated pupils (although this can be due to CN III Dysfunction)
PUPIL Size: Anisocoria Mydrasis (reduce CN II or parasymph Innervation) (NOTE, Cerebellar lesions and primary opthalmic lesions can also affect pupil size) MIOSIS (reduce sympathetic Innervation)
Cranial Nerve III
OCCULOMOTOR NERVE
- Motor
- EFFERENT motor, SOMaTIC striated sk. GENERAL
FUNCTION:
EFFERENT
- Pupillary light reflex (parasymph)
- Extraoccullar muscles - ventral, medial, dorsal rectus; ventral oblique mm.
- Brain attachment: Brainstem (Midbrain)
- Exit from neurocranium: Orbital fissure
Functions - INNErVatION
PUPIL SIZE - IIIe & IIa
EYEBALL POSITION - IIIe + VIIIa + IVe +VIe
Clinical testing:
PUPIL SIZE: Pupillary light reflex & pharmacological testing
EYEBALL POSITION:
Visual tracking of moving objects
Eyeball position in different head positions
VESTIBULO-OCULAR reflex IIIe+VIIIa+IVe+ VIe
Dysfunction: PUPIL SIZE Anisocoria Mydriasis Miosis
EYEBALL position
Strabismus
- Static (LMN)
- Dynamic (vestibular)
Nuclei of N.Oculomotorius (III)
- Nucl Parasympatheticus n. OCULOMOTORII
2. Nucleus Motorius N. OCULOMOTORII
What are the Motor Cranial Nerves
- N. OCCULOMOTORIUS (III)
- N. TROCHLEARIS (IV)
- N.ABDUCENS (VI)
- N. ACESSORIUS (XI)
- N. HYPOGLOSSUS
What are the Motor Cranial Nerves?
1. N.OCCULOMOTORIUS (III)
NUCLEI in midbrain
- Tegmentum Mesencephali
(Edinger Westphal) 1. Nucl parasympatheticus - N.occulomotorii =Nucleus accessorius - visceral efferent neurons
2 Nucleus motorius N.Occulomotoricus
- somatic efferent fibers
EXIT the Brainstem by ventral aspect of pedunculi cerebrii
EXIT THE SKULL thorough Sulcus N.Opthalmici
- Foramen rotundum/ fissura orbitales
- Foramen Orbitorotundum (Ru)
RUNS WITH:
IV, VI, V1
INNERVATION:
Dorsal Branch: M. Rectus Dorsalis M. Retractor Bulbi (pars med) M. Levator palpebrae superioris = ELEVATION of upper eyelid
Ventral Branch: M. EXTRAOCCULAR muscles M. Rectus medialis et Ventralis M. Obliquus Ventralis PARASYMPH - Ggl CILIARE —> M. Ciliacus + Spichter Pupillae = CONSTRICTION of Pupils
In case of LESiONs:
(Atropin)
- Dropping of upper eyelid // M. Nucleus Strabismus Devergens
- Loss in Pupillary light reflex// ParaS. Nucleus
What are the Motor Cranial Nerves?
N.TROCHLEARIS (IV)
- Nucleus in
TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI
3. Nucl. Motorius N. Trochlearis
EXITS Brainstem:
- DORSAL aspect of the brainstem
—> Colliculus caudalis —> Pedunculus Cerebri —> Sulcus N. Opthalmici
EXITS skull:
Foramen ROTUNDUM / Fissura Orbitalis
Eq: FORAMEN TROCHLEARE
INNERVATION of:
M.Obliquus dorsalis (Trochlearis) of eye
IN CASE of LESIONS:
Strabisimus with outwards rotation of DORSAL aspect of the eye.
What are the Motor Cranial Nerves?
N. ABDUCENS
Nuclei —> Rostral MO
8. Nucleus Motorius n. Abducens
Fossa RHOMBOIDEA —> Corpus Trapezoideum —> Sulcus N. opthalmici
EXITS SKULL: —> Through FORAMEN ROTUNDUM/ FISSUA ORBITALIS With: N. MAXILLARE N. OCULOMOTORIUS N. TROCHLEARIS
INNERVATION of
- Lateral Rectus bulbi Muscle
- Retractor Bulbi Muscle
In case of LESION:
Strabissimus convergens
Failure to retract globe When eyelid closure
EYEBALL position and movement
CN III, IV, VI
- Trochlea with tendon of the DORSAL OBLIQUE M. (IV)
- VENTRAL OBLIQUE M. (III)
- VENTRAL STRAIGHT M. (III)
- DORSAL STRAIGHT M. (III)
- DORSAL OBLIQUE M (IV)
- REtRACTor M. Of the EYEBALL (III + VI)
- LATERAL STRAIGHT M. (VI)
- Optic n.
- orbital fissure
CN III, IV & VI DYSFUNCTION
- Ventrolat Strabisimus
- EXTORSIAL strabisimus
- Medial Strabisimus
What are the Motor Cranial Nerves?
N. ASSCESSORIUS
Nuclei:
RADIX Cranialis —> vagus n.
19. Nucleus Ambugures ? (Caud)
C5-C7:
Radices Opinalis —> From for. Magnum to fossa ATLANTIS by Foramen Jugular
- Nucleus motorius radialis cran n. ACCESORIUS
- Nucleus motorius radicis caudalis n. ACCESSORIUS
EXITS The skull:
EQ: For. Lacerum aborale
For. jugulare
INNERVaTIoN of: R.Dorsalis —> M. Cleidocephallicus —> M. Trapezius —> M. Omotransversarius R. Ventralis —> M. Sternocephallicus
What are the Motor Cranial Nerves?
N.Hypoglossus(XII)
Nucleus: Caudal MO
23. Nucleus Motorius N. hypoglossi
EXITS SKULL:
CANALIs N. Hypoglossi
INNERVATION:
- R. Pharyngeus
- R. Lingualis superficialis
- R. Lingualis profundus
- INTRINSIC and EXTRINSIC muscles of the Tongue!
- THYROHYOIDEUS
- CELIOHYOIDEUS
CRANIAL NERVE VII
FACIAL NERVE
= Innervation of muscles of FACIAL Expression
MOTOR and SENSORY
NUCLEI *5
- Nucl. motorius N. Facialis (SM)
- Tuberculum Fasciale Venrale - Nucleus ParaS n. Int et facialis
= Nucleus Salvatorius Rostralis
- n. Canalis pterygoidei, Ggl Pterygopalatina
- Chordates Tympani, Ggl mandibulare - GGl. GENICULI
- Meatus accusticus int —> Canalis n.facialis —> Foramen Stylomastoideum - Nucleus Tractus Spinalis N. Trigemini
- Nucleus Tractus solitarii rostralis —> SPECIAL Sensory
Rn EXTRACRANIALIS *5
1. N. Auricularis Interna
- N. Auricularis caudalis
- plexus auricularis caudalis - R. DIGASTRICUS
- N.Auriculotemporalis
A. R. Temporalis = R.auricularis rostralis
B. R.zygomaticus - Plexus PAROTIDEUS
- R.buccalis dorsalis et Ventralis
Rn INTRACRANIALIS *3
- Petrosus Major —> Ggl Pterygopalatinum
- N.stapedius
- Chords Tympani
- Fissura PETROTYMPANICA
- Ggl mandibulare
NUCLEI
- Nuclei mot.n.facialis SM
- Nuclei ParaS n. Facial (parasympathetic)
- Ggl.Geniculi, S Paras
CRANIAL N IX
N.GLOSSOPHARYNGEUS
Motor and Sensory
Mot:Stylopharyngeus, M.Palatinus
Sens: Middle ear, caud 1/3 of Tongue, pharynx
Part of the vagus group
Nuclei from vagus group compressed
= VOMITING, Dizziness
NUCLEI: 1. Nucl. ParaS. N. Glossopharyngei = Nucl. Salvatorius caudalis 2. Nucleus Ambigerus Rostri (Caud—>X) 3. Nucleus Tractus Solitarii med 4. Nucleus Tractus Spinalis n. Trigemini caudalis
- N.Tympanicus (Jacobsen)
- N.petrosus Minor - R. SINUS carotica (Hering)
- R. Pharyngeus
- Rr. Lingualis
- R. M. stylohyoideus caud
CRANIAL N IX
N.GLOSSOPHARYNGEUS
Motor and Sensory
Mot:Stylopharyngeus, M.Palatinus
Sens: Middle ear, caud 1/3 of Tongue, pharynx
Part of the vagus group
Nuclei from vagus group compressed
= VOMITING, Dizziness
NUCLEI: 1. Nucl. ParaS. N. Glossopharyngei = Nucl. Salvatorius caudalis 2. Nucleus Ambigerus Rostri (Caud—>X) 3. Nucleus Tractus Solitarii med 4. Nucleus Tractus Spinalis n. Trigemini caudalis
- N.Tympanicus (Jacobsen)
- N.petrosus Minor - R. SINUS carotica (Hering)
- R. Pharyngeus
- Rr. Lingualis
- R. M. stylohyoideus caud