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(E3) - Cranial Nerves Flashcards

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Olfactory tract and bulb (CN I)

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Optic nerve, chiasm and tracts (CN II)

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Oculomotor nerve (CN III)

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Trochlear nerve (CN IV)

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Trochlear nerve (CN IV)

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Trigeminal nerve (CN V)

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Abducent nerve (CN VI)

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Facial nerve (CN VII)

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Emerges from pontomedullary junction

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10
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Both of these CNs emerge from the lateral medulla - which are they and describe their location in relation to one another.

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Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
and Vagus nerve(CN X)

  • CN IX is superior/rostra
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Spinal accessory nerve (CN XI)

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Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)

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13
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Two cranial nerves arise from
forebrain (prosencephalon)

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Two cranial nerves arise from
midbrain (mesencephalon)

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15
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Skull: What CN passes through the cribiform foramina?

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CN 1 - Olfactory nerve

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Skull: What CN passes through the optic canal?

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Skull: What CN passes through the superior orbital fissure?

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Skull: What CN passes through the foramen rotundum?

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Skull: What CN passes through the foramen ovale?

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Skull: What CN passes through the internal acoustic meatus?

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Skull: What CN passes through the jugular foramen?

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Skull: What CN passes through the hypoglossal canal?

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23
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_______ permits four cranial nerves associated with the eye

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Superior orbital fissure

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_______ permits three cranial nerves associated with structures inferior to head (in addition to some contributions to head)

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Jugular foramen

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Inferior Orbital Fissure

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Foramen spinosum

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Foramen lacerum

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Carotid Canal

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External acoustic meatus

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30
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?

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CN 1

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31
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?

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CN 2

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32
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?

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CN 4

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33
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?

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CN 3

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34
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?

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CN V1

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35
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?

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CN V2

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36
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?

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CN V3

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37
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?

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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?

39
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?

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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?

41
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?

42
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?

43
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?

44
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Three cranial nerves are sensory only
Also happen to be special sensory (SSA) - What are they?

45
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_____ and ______ CN’s aren’t brainstem derived

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CN 1 and CN 2

46
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Four cranial nerves are mixed (motor and sensory) - What are they?

47
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Five cranial nerves are motor only - What are they?

48
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________ forms sensory components
of dorsal horn of spinal cord

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Alar plate

49
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______ forms motor components
of ventral horn of spinal cord

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Basal plate

50
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______ is longitudinal groove
along lateral wall of central canal

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sulcus limitans
(functional separation between sensory and motor components)

51
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Within the brainstem sensory components are postioned ____ and motor components are positioned ____

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  • dorsolateral
  • ventromedial
52
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______ nerves are mixed – have sensory and motor components

53
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______ nerves can be mixed or
be individual components

54
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Cranial _______ are never mixed
but Cranial _______ can be mixed

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  • nuclei
  • nerves
55
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Individual components are separate
within CNS as _____

56
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What are considered “special functions”?

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Hearing, smell, taste and sight

57
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Sensory and Motor Components: Describe General vs Special

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Sensory and Motor Components: Describe Somatic vs Visceral

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Sensory and Motor Components: Describe Afferent vs Efferent

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Sensory and Motor Components: Spinal nerves are only ______

61
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What fiber type is this?

62
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What fiber type is this?

63
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What fiber type is this?

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What fiber type is this?

65
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What fiber type is this?

66
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What fiber type is this?

67
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What fiber type is this?

68
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What cranial nerves are GSA?

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What cranial nerves are GVA?

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What cranial nerves are GVE?

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What cranial nerves are GSE?

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What cranial nerves are SSA?

73
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What cranial nerves are SVA?

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What cranial nerves are SVE?

75
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_____ nucleus is shared by GVA and SVA

76
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What fiber type is this nucleus for?

77
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What fiber type is this nucleus for?

78
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What fiber type is this nucleus for?

79
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What fiber type is this nucleus for?

80
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What fiber type is this nucleus for?

81
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What fiber type is this nucleus for?

82
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What fiber type is this nucleus for?

83
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Name the ganglia associated with GSA.

84
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Name the ganglia associated with GVA.

85
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Name the ganglia associated with GVE.

86
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Name the ganglia associated with SVA.

87
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What are the 4 motor nuclei associated with GVE (and the CN they are for)?

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What are the 4 motor nuclei associated with GSE?

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What are the 4 motor nuclei associated with SVE?

90
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What is the sensory nuclei associated with SVA taste?

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What are the sensory nuclei associated with GSA?

92
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What are the sensory nuclei associated with SSA?

Sp24 - General Neuroscience (11 decks)

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