Cranial Nerves MINI EXAM 2 Flashcards
carries information from muscles, tissue and
organs, to the CNS
1. Afferent (sensory)
2. Efferent (motor)
Afferent sensory
(Kinesthetic sense)
Sensations of body position and movement
Sensory or afferent impulses sent back to brain
Functions to relay to brain body position, create smooth movements during
chewing or speech (TMJ and muscles of mastication), and intercuspation of teeth (PDL)
Proprioception
carries information away from the CNS to muscles,
glands and organs
Efferent Motor
carries both sensory and motor impulses
Mixed sensory and motor
Regulates functions over which we have no control
- Somatic
- autonomic
autonomic
fight or flight
Dilates eyes for better vision Dry mouth
Sympathetic
vegetative system, or rest and digest
Digestion of food which activates salivary glands Dilation of blood vessels to allow daily activity Cranial nerves III, VII, IX and X
Parasympathetic
2 divisions of autonomic nervous system
parasympathetic and sympathetic
Sensory: sensation of smell from nasal cavity
back to the CNS
Olfactory Nerve
sensation of sight from retina back to
CNS
Optic Nerve
Motor: supplies motor innervation to 4 of the 6 muscles that move the eyeball Parasympathetic: adjusts lens for close vision and constricts pupils
Oculomtor nerve
Motor: innervation to 1 of the 6 muscles that
move the eyeball
Trochlear Nerve
and Abducens
Sensory: Taste to anterior 2/3 tongue Motor: Muscles of facial expression (Bell’s Palsy), stylohyoid, post belly of the digastric Parasympathetic: (rest and digest) -Lacrimal gland (via zygomatic and lacrimal nerves) -Minor salivary glands (via greater petrosal) -Submandibular gland -Sublingual gland
Facial
A patient has Bell’s Palsy… what nerve was this related too
Facial
Sensory: transmits sensations of balance and
hearing back to CNS
Vestibulocochlear
Se nsory: General sensation and taste to posterior 1/3 of tongue Motor: Stylopharyngeal muscle Parasympathetic: parotid gland
Glossopharyngeal
Se nsory: Taste from epiglottis (posterior portion of tongue) Motor: most of the muscles of:
¨ Pharynx
¨Larynx
¨Soft palate Parasympathetic: cardiac muscle, many glands of the body (thymus)
Vagus
Motor: Trapezius muscle, sternocleidomastoid
muscle, muscles of soft palate and pharynx
Accessory
Motor: Extrinsic and Intrinsic tongue muscles
Hypoglossal