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Cranial Nerves and Cranial Nerve Nuclei Flashcards

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What classification of fibres are contained in the olfactory nerve?

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Special Sensory

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What classification of fibres are contained in the Opic nerve

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special sensory

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What classification of fibres are contained in the occularmotor nerve?

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somatic motor and visceral motor (parasympathetic)

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What classification of fibres are contained in the Trochlear nerve?

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somatic motor

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What classification of fibres are contained in the Trigeminal nerve?

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Brachial motor and somatosensory

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What classification of fibres are contained in the abducens nerve ?

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somatic motor

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What classification of fibres are contained in the facial nerve?

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brachial motor, sensory, visceral motor (parasympathetic)

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What classification of fibres are contained in the vestibulocochlear nerve

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special sensory

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What classification of fibres are contained in the glossopharyngeal nerve

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Brachial motor, senosry, visceral motor (parasympathetic)

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What classification of fibres are contained in the vagus nerve?

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Brachial motor, senosry, visceral motor (parasympathetic)

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what classification of fibres are contained in the spinal accessory nerve?

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motor

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What classification of fibres are contained in the hypoglossal nerve? `

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somatic motor

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13
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what structures are innervated by the olfactory nerve and what is the nerves main function?

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olfactory epithelium, olfaction

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what structures are innervated by the optic nerve and what is the nerves main function?

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retina, vision

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what structures are innervated by the oculamotor nerve and what is the nerves main function?

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S/M/I rectus, inferior oblique, levator palpebrae, pupillary sphincter, ciliary muscle
eye movement, eyelid movement, constricts pupil, thickens lens

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what structures are innervated by the trochlear nerve and what is the nerves main function?

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superior oblique, eye movement

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what structures are innervated by the trigeminal nerve and what is the nerves main function?

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muscles of mastication, tensor tympani muscles, head, jaw, mouth
opening/closing mouth/chewing
dampen sounds of chewing
touch/proprioception

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what structures are innervated by the Abducens nerve and what is the nerves main function?

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lateral rectus, outward eye movment

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what structures are innervated by the facial nerve and what is the nerves main function?

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muscles of facial expression
anteiror 2/3 of tongue, skin of outer ear (sensory)
sublingual and submandibular lacrimal glands (motor)

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what structures are innervated by the vestibulocochlear nerve and what is the nerves main function?

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cochlear - audition

vestibular apparatus - proprioception of head and balance

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what structures are innervated by the glossopharyngeal nerve and what is the nerves main function?

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swallowing,
posterior 1/3 of tongue, carotid body and sinuses, mucosa of pharynx, middle year –> taste and visceral sensation
parotid gland - salvation

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what structures are innervated by the vagus nerve and what is the nerves main function?

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soft plate, laynx, pharynx, upper oes - speech and swallowing
epiglottis - taste
thoracic and abdominal viscera - visceral sensation
skin of outer ear - somatosensation
heart, airways, abdominal viscera and GI tract - parasympathetic innovation of the heart, airways and GIT

23
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what structures are innervated by the assesory nerve and what is the nerves main function?

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sternocleidomastoid and trepzius - movement of head and shoulders

24
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what structures are innervated by the hypoglossal nerve and what is the nerves main function?

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intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the tongue - movement of tongue

25
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where are the cell bodies of the olfactory nerve located?

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olfactory epithelium

26
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where are the cell bodies of the optic nerve located?

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retina

27
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where are the cell bodies of the ocularmotor nerve located?

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ocularmotor nucleus and edinger-westphal nucleus

28
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where are the cell bodies of the trochlear nerve located?

A

trochlear nucleus

29
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where are the cell bodies of the trigeminal nerve located?

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trigeminal motor nucleus

30
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where are the cell bodies of the abducensnerve located?

A

abducens nucleus

31
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where are the cell bodies of the facial nerve located?

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facial motor nucleus, nucleus of the solitary tract, geniculate ganglion, superior salivary nucleus

32
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where are the cell bodies of the vestibulo-cochlear nerve located?

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cochlea nuclei, vestibular nuclei

33
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where are the cell bodies of the glossopharangeal nerve located?

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nucleus ambigous, inferior ganglion XI, superior ganglion IX, inferior salivary nucleus

34
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where are the cell bodies of the vagus nerve located?

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nucleus ambigous, inferior ganglion of X, superior ganglion of X, dorsal motor nucleus of vagus

35
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where are the cell bodies of the spinal accessory nerve located?

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spinal accessory nucleus

36
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where are the cell bodies of the hypoglossal nerve located?

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hypoglossal nucleus

37
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what is the function of the oculomotor nucleus?

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movement of the eye and eyelid

38
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what is the function of the trochlear nucleus?

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eye movement

39
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what is the function of the abducens nucleus?

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eye movement - abduction

40
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what is the function of the mesencephalic nucleus of trigemnial?

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contains cell bodies of proprioceptors of muscles of mastication

41
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what is the function of the principle nucleus of trigeminal?

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fine touch sensation from ipsilateral head and mouth

42
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what is the function of the spinal nucleus of trigeminal?

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pain and temp from ipsilateral head and mouth

43
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what is the function of the facial motor nucleus?

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movement of muscles of facial expression

44
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what is the function of the superior salivatory nuceli?

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salivation, tear production

45
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what is the function of the NTS?

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taste, thoracic abdominal visceral sensation

46
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what is the function of the dorsal motor nucleus of vagus?

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parasympathetic invention tract, airways and other abdominal viscera

47
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what is the function of the hypoglossal nucleus?

A

movement of tongue

48
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what is the function of the nucleus ambigous?

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muscles for swallowing and vocal cords, parasympathetic innervation of heart

49
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what is the function of the dorsal and ventral cochlea nuclei?

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audition

50
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what is the function of the spinal accessory nucleus?

A

movment of head and shoulders

51
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what is the function of the vestibular nuclei?

A

balance and proprioception of head

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