Cranial Nerves and Autonomics Part II Flashcards
What are the 3 responsibilities of Vagus?
motor, sensory and autonomics
What are the two sections of motor in vagus?
pharyngeal muscles and laryngeal muscles
what is included in the pharyngeal muscles?
pharyngeal constrictors, levator veli palatini, palatopharyngeus, salpingopharyngeus
what is included in the laryngeal muscles?
cricothyroid arytenoids, vocalis and thyroarytenoid, cricoarytenoids
what are pharyngeal muscles primarily responsible for?
swallowing and manipulate palate
what are the laryngeal muscles primarily responsible for?
vocalization, tenses and manipulates vocal folds, closes larynx during swallowing or hiccups
what are the 2 sections of sensory?
cutaneous sensory and taste
what is included in the cutaneous sensory?
external acoustic meatus, inferior larynx, pharynx and epiglottis
what is included in taste?
epiglottis and diffused taste-like sensors throughout the gut tube
what is included in the autonomics section?
sympathetics and parasympathetics
what is included in the sympathetics of vagus?
below head
what is included in parasympathetics of vagus?
thyroid gland, thoracic organs, external genitalia, foregut, midgut, pharyngeal muscles, laryngeal muscles, aortic bodies
what branch does vagus give off while in the jugular foramen?
auricular branch
what does the auricular branch provide cutaneous innervation to?
over the inferior-anterior edges of external auditory canal
all of the branchial arch nerves have cutaneous responsibilities where?
in and around ear
what 3 branches does vagus give off once it is in the neck?
pharyngeal branch and superior laryngeal and inferior cervical cardiac
describe the pharyngeal branch
innervates the pharyngeal constrictors, palatopharyngeus, salpingopharyngeus and pharyngeal mucosa
describe the superior laryngeal branch
only cranial nerve branch that runs medial to internal carotid, splits into internal and external laryngeal nerves
*what is the only muscle that does not get motor innervation by recurrent laryngeal but instead external laryngeal?
cricothyroid
describe internal laryngeal
general sensation to supraglottic larynx and tastebuds on the epiglottis, parasympathetics to superior larynx
describe external laryngeal
innervates inferior pharyngeal constrictor and cricothyroid
What does the recurrent laryngeal nerve do?
sensory and parasympathetics to infraglottic larynx, once passing under inferior pharyngeal constrictor it becomes inferior laryngeal nerve
what does inferior laryngeal do?
motor to all intrinsic laryngeal muscles
where does vagus run?
between carotid and internal jugular vein