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Cranial Nerves Lecture 3 Flashcards

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Olfactory (CN I)

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  • Function: (SVA) special sense of smell
  • Location: Olfactory organ
  • Tract: Cribriform plate to olfactory bulbs
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Anosmia

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Olfactory loss
• Contralateral nostril can compensate for
unilateral anosmia
• Causes: Head trauma, viral infections,
Intracranila lesions, nasal passage
obstruction
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Optic (CN II) function

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(SSA) special sense of

vision

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Optic (CN II) tract

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• Optic nerve fibers arise from ganglion
cells in retina
• Exit the orbit via the optic canal into the
middle cranial fossa
• Most fibers terminate in lateral
geniculate bodies of thalamus
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what is relationship of optic chiasm to pituitary?

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right next to each other. Pituitary can compress and cause lateral vision loss in both fields (bitemporal hemainopia)

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what is relationship of internal carotid artery to optic chiasm

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next to each other. aneurysm can compress optic chiasm

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CN II testing

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  • light and dark (head injury
  • finger counting (head injury)
  • snellens test (eye chart)
  • visual field test (4 quadrants)
  • peripheral vision
  • pupillary light reflex
  • blink reflex
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Oculomotor (CN III) function

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• (GSE) Motor innervation to superior,
medial, and inferior recti and inferior
oblique and levator palpebrae
superioris
• (GVE) Parasympathetic innervation
to pupil and ciliary muscle
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Oculomotor (CN III) tract

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• Leaves the midbrain
• Pierces dura lateral to
diaphragma sellae
• Runs in lateral wall of
cavernous sinus
• Enters orbit via superior
orbital fissure
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Trochlear (CN IV) function

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Motor innervation to

superior oblique

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Trochlear (CN IV) tract

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• Exits dorsal surface of
midbrain
• Pierces dura mater at the
margin of the tentorium
cerebelli
• Run in the lateral wall of
cavernous sinus
• Enters the orbit via the
superior orbital fissure
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Abducens (CN VI) function

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• (GSE) Motor innervation to the

lateral rectus

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Abducens (CN VI) tract

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• Emerges from brainstem
between pons and medulla
• Traverses the pontine cistern
• Pierces dura covering the
clivus
• Runs in the cavernous sinus
near the ICA
• Enters orbit via superior
orbital fissure
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which 2 nerves can be compressed by aneurysm?

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CN III and CN VI (between 2 arteries)

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Trigeminal (CN V) function

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• (SVE) Motor innervation to muscles
of mastication (pharyngeal arch 1)
• (GSA) Sensory to the face and
scalp

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Trigeminal (CN V) tract

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• Emerges from lateral aspect of pons
• Trigeminal ganglion located in the
trigeminal cave lateral to the
cavernous sinus

*branches to 3 different divisions

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• V1 Ophthalmic: tract

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Passes through the
cavernous sinus and enters the orbit
via the superior orbital fissure

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v2 maxillary tract

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Passes through the
cavernous sinus and exits the skull
via foramen rotundum

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v3 mandibular tract

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Exits the skull via the

foramen ovale

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• Ophthalmic division: CN V

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Sensation from cornea, skin of forehead and
scalp, upper eye lid, part of nose and part of
nasal cavity

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Maxillary division: CN V

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Sensation from skin of face, lower eyelid,
cheek, upper lip, maxillary teeth, mucosa of
nose, maxillary sinus

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Mandibular division: CN V

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Sensation from skin of mandible, lower lip
side of head, mandibular teeth, TMJ joint,
part of oral mucosa, anterior 2/3 of tongue
• Motor to muscle of mastication

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Facial (CN VII)

• Function:• (SVE)

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• (SVE) Motor innervation to muscles of facial expression (pharyngeal arch 2)

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Facial (CN VII)

• Function:• (GVE)

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• (GVE) Parasympathetic innervation to lacrimal, nasal, and palatine glands,
and submandibular and sublingual salivary glands

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Facial (CN VII)

• Function:•• (SVA)

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• (SVA) Taste to anterior 2/3 of tongue

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Facial (CN VII)

• Function:•• (GSA)

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• (GSA) Sensation to eternal acoustic meatus

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Facial Nerve tract

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Tract:
• Emerges from pontine-medullary junction
• Traverses the posterior cranial fossa and exits the skull via the internal
acoustic meatus
• Runs in the facial canal and exits via the stylomastoid foramen
• Passes through the parotid gland

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bells palsy

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  • problem with CN VII (facial)

- test= close eye and smile

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Vestibulocochlear (CN VIII) function

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• (SSA) Special sense of hearing and equilibrium

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Vestibulocochlear (CN VIII) tract

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• Vestibular nerve innervates the utricle and saccule, cochlear nerve innervates
the cochlea.
• Enter skull via the internal acoustic meatus
• Enter brainstem on the pontine-medullary junction

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Glossopharyngeal (CN IX) function GSA

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Sensation from ear and external auditory canal, and posterior 1/3 of tongue

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Glossopharyngeal (CN IX) tract

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• Emerges from medulla
• Exits cranium through jugular foramen
• Passes between the superior and middle
pharyngeal constrictors
• Enters oral cavity
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Glossopharyngeal (CN IX) function GVA

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Sensory information from oropharynx and carotid body

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Glossopharyngeal (CN IX) function SVA

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(SVA) Taste to the posterior 1/3 of tongue

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Glossopharyngeal (CN IX) function GVE

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Parasympathetics to parotid gland

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Glossopharyngeal (CN IX) function SVE

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(SVE) Motor to stylopharyngeus muscles (pharyngeal arch 3)

37
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what 2 nerves are tested at same time?

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glossopharyngeal and vagus (gag reflex)

38
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Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia

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  • eating and swallowing starts an intense pain

- idiopathic

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Vagus (CN X) GSA

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Sensation from external auditory canal and dura

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Vagus (CN X) GVA

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Sensory information from viscera, pharynx, larynx,

aortic arch, epiglottis, and base of tongue

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Vagus (CN X) SVA

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Taste from epiglottis

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Vagus (CN X) GVE

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Parasympathetics to viscera

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Vagus (CN X) SVE

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Motor to constrictors of pharynx, palatine muscles, and

intrinsic muscle of larynx (pharyngeal arch 4 & 6)

44
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Vagus (CN X) tract

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  • Emerges from medulla

* Exits cranium through jugular foramen

45
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Spinal Accessory (CN XI) function

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• (GSE) Motor to sternocleidomastoid and trapezius

*no sensory

46
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Spinal Accessory (CN XI) tract

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• Tract:
• Emerges from the spinal cord
• Enters the cranium through foramen
magnum
• Exits the skull through the jugular
foramen
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Hypoglossal (CN XII) GSE

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Motor to intrinsic tongue muscles, and styloglossus,

hypoglossus and genioglossus.

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Hypoglossal (CN XII) tract

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  • Tract:
  • Emerges from the medulla
  • Exits skull via hypoglossal canal
  • Travels with the cervical plexus
  • Crosses the occipital artery
  • Enters the oral cavity

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