Cranial Nerves I Flashcards
They give rise to the structures of the head and neck.
The branchial arches aka pharyngeal arches
Define the branchial arches
Series of extremely visible anterior tissue bands that lie under the early brain in embryologic development.
How many arches form during development of a human and how many of those are visible on the embryo?
5; 4
What to do brachial arches give rise to?
- Face
- Tongue
- Lips
- Jaws
- Palate
- Pharynx
- Neck CNs
- Glands
CN V name and artery
Trigeminal, maxillary artery
Trigeminal artery skeletal structures:
Mandible, maxilla, malleus, incus.
CN V muscles:
Muscles of mastication, mylohyoid, anterior belly of digasteric.
Facial nerve number and artery:
CN VII, Stapedial artery.
These skeletal structures are innervated by the facial nerve:
Stapes, styloid process, upper part of body of hyoid.
Facial nerve (VII) muscles:
Muscles of facial expression, stapedius, stylohyoid, posterior belly of digastric.
Common carotid & internal carotid arteries feed this CN:
Glossopharyngeal (IX)
CN IX skeletal structures:
Lower part of body of hyoid.
CN IX name:
Glossopharyngeal
Vagus (X) nerve arteries:
Part of aortic arch and part of R subclavian arteries.
Also part of the L and R pulmonary arteries.
Thyroid and cricoid cartilages are the skeletal structures of the CN:
Vegus (X)
CN II
Optic Nerve
Optic Nerve is CN __
II
Optic nerve is surrounded by
meninges and CSF