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Cranial nerves & MT1 Flashcards

1
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What is cranial nerve I?

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Olfactory

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What is cranial nerve II?

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Optic

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What is cranial nerve III?

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Occulomotor

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What is cranial nerve IV?

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Trochlear

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5
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What is cranial nerve V?

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Trigeminal

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What is cranial nerve VI?

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Abducens

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What is cranial nerve VII?

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Facial

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What is cranial nerve VIIII?

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Vestibulocochlear

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What is cranial nerve IX?

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Glossopharyngeal

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What is cranial nerve X?

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Vagus

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What is cranial nerve XI?

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Spinal accessory

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What is cranial nerve XII?

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Hypoglosseal

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What is the entry/exit & function for cranial nerve I?

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Sensory
Enter: cribriform plate
Function: Smell

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What is the entry/exit & function for cranial nerve II?

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Sensory
Enter: Optic canal
Function: vision

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What is the entry/exit & function for cranial nerve III?

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Motor - visceral efferent
Exit: Superior orbital fissure
Function: Innervate muscles in eye

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What muscles does the oculomotor nerve innervate?

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Levator palpebrae
Superior/inferior/medial rectus
Inferior oblique
Sphincter pupillae & cilliary

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What is the entry/exit & function for cranial nerve IV?

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Motor
Exit: superior orbital fissure
Function: Innervate superior oblique muscle

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/What is the entry/exit & function for cranial nerve Vi (ophthalmic)

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Sensory
Enter: superior orbital fissure
Function: sensory from face, nasal, orbital structures

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What are the divisions of the trigeminal nerve?

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Ophthalmic - lacrimal, frontal, maxillary
Maxillary
Mandibular - lingual, inferior alveolar, buccal

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What is the entry/exit & function for cranial nerve Vii (maxillary)?

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Sensory
Enter: Foramen rotundum
Function: sensory from dura, nasal, lower eyelid, upper cheek, lip, teeth

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What is the entry/exit & function for cranial nerve Viii (mandibular)?

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Sensory & motor
Enter: foramen ovale
Function: motor to muscles of mastication. Sensory from lower face, cheek, lip, teeth, ear

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What is the entry/exit & function for cranial nerve VI?

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Motor
Exit: superior orbital fissure
Innervates lateral rectus muscle

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What is the entry/exit & function for cranial nerve VII?

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Motor - muscles of facial expression
Exits: internal acoustic meatus & stylomastoid foramen
Function: muscles of facial expression. Special efferent - taste, anterior 2/3 of tongue. Visceral efferent - submandibular/sublingual glands

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What are the divisions of the facial nerve?

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Temporal
Zygomatic
Buccal
Mandibular
Cerbical
Nerve to posterior belly of digastric & stylomyoid
Chorda tympani
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What is the entry/exit & function for cranial nerve VIII?

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Sensory
Enter: internet acoustic meatus
Function: special afferent. Vestibular - balance, cochlear - hearing

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What is the entry/exit & function for cranial nerve IX?

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Sensory & motor
Exit: jugular foramen

Function: Special afferent - taste
Sensory afferent - posterior 1/3 tongue, upper pharynx, palatine tonsil
Visceral efferent - parotid gland
Somatic efferent - motor, stylopharyngeus

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What is the entry/exit & function for cranial nerve X?

A

Sensory & motor
Exit: jugular foramen

Function:
Sensory afferent - external acoustic meatus
Visceral afferent - aortic receptors, numerous mucous membranes
Visceral efferent - smooth muscle, glands of pharynx, thorax, abdomen
Somatic efferent - muscles of soft palate, pharynx, larynx, carries CN XI fibres

28
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What is the entry/exit & function for cranial nerve XI?

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Motor
Exit: foramen magnum & jugular foramen
Function: somatic efferent - motor - pharyngeal muscles

29
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What is the entry/exit & function for cranial nerve XII?

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Motor
Exit: hypoglossal canal
Function: somatic efferent - innervates extrinsic & intrinsic tongue muscles

30
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What passes through the cribriform plate?

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Cranial nerve I (olfactory)

31
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What passes through the optic canal

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Cranial nerve II (optic)

32
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What passes through the superior orbital fissure?

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Cranial nerve III (oculomotor)
Cranial nerve IV (trochlear)
Cranial nerve Vi (ophthalmic)
Cranial nerve VI (abducens)

33
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What passes through the foramen rotundum?

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Cranial nerve Vii (maxillary)

34
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What passes through the foramen ovale?

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Cranial nerve Viii (mandibular)

35
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What passes through the foramen spinosum?

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Middle meningeal artery

36
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What passes through the foramen lacerum?

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Internal carotid artery

37
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What passes through the Internal acoustic meatus?

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Cranial nerve VII (facial)

Cranial nerve VIII (vestibulocochlear)

38
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What passes through the jugular foramen?

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Cranial nerve IX (glossopharyngeal)
Cranial nerve X (vagus)
Cranial nerve XI (accessory)
Internal jugular vein

39
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What passes through the hypoglossal canal?

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Cranial nerve XII (hypoglossal)

40
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What passes through the carotid canal?

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Internal carotid artery

41
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What passes through the stylomastoid foramen

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Cranial nerve VII

42
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What passes through the foramen magnum?

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Medulla
Spinal cord
Cranial nerve XI (accessory)
Vertebral arteries

43
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What are the skull sutures?

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Coronal
Bregma
Sagittal
Lambdoid
Lamda
44
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What are the developmental skull sutures?

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Anterior
Posterior
Mastoid
Sphenoid (anterior lateral)

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