Exam 3 Flashcards
The nerve fibers of solitary tract?
Serve as the afferent limb of a variety of reflexes including those that modulate cardiac and respiratory function
What nucleus receives all taste input?
Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus
What is not a part of the auditory pathway?
Superior Colliculus
What is the receptor organ for dynamic equilibrium>
Christa
The functional component of parasympathetic neurons is?
GVE
Identify the ascending pathway for the conscious awareness of pain originating from the eyebrow
Opthalamic nerve ->Trigeminal ganglion -> Spinal trigeminal nucleus -> primary sensory area
Ascending fibers of the medial longitudinal fascicles (MLF) end in the?
Oculomotor nuclei
Which pair of nerves innervate the tensor tympani and stapedius muscles?
Trigeminal and facial
Where is the spiral organ of corti located?
Cochlear duct
Which cranial nerve does not have parasympathetic component?
Vestibulocochlear
Which three nerves go together?
Facial, Vagus, glossopharyngeal
Which bundle of here fibers contains the central branches of the primary sensory neurons that provide for general sensation (not taste) from the posterior third of the tongue?
Spinal trigeminal tract
Which statement is true?
Crossing of ascending fibers at more than one level provides exclusive representation of the contralateral cochlea in the primary auditory cortex
Which is involved in the pupillary light reflex?
Cilliary ganglion
How many functional components are in the brainstem?
7
What is the fluid inside of scala media?
Endolymph
Which functional component do the trochlear, oculomotor, and hypoglossal nerves have in common?
GSE
Where are the motor neurons that innervate the larynx and pharynx located?
Nucleus ambiguus
Which is the major decussation of the auditory pathway?
Trapezoid body/fibers
The cochlear nuclei
receive afferents from the spiral ganglion
Where might a lesion cause a loss of taste?
Solitary tact and nucleus
What muscle is supplied by the sixth cranial nerve?
Lateral rectus
Which cranial nerve carries taste sensation from the back of the throat, including the epiglottis?
Vagus
Which group of nerves contain the special visceral afferent functional component?
Facial, olfactory, vagus
What gyrus is the auditory cortex?
Transverse temporal
Which brand of the trigeminal nerve carries motor fibers?
Mandibular
Olfactory epithelia contain which type of cells?
Bipolar cells
Olfactory glomeruli receptor axons synapse where?
Olfactory bulb
Olfactory tract contain what type of cells?
Mitral cell axons
You shine a light in the right eye but the left pupil does not respond. Which nerve is damaged?
Left oculomotor nerve
You shine a light in the right eye, no contraction, the left eye contracts. Which nerve is damaged?
Right oculomotor (transection of right oculomotor
Corneal blink reflex involves?
CNV (afferent) and CNVII (efferent)
The fovea contains which type of cells?
Cones
Olfactory cell axons are made of which type of cells?
Mitral cells
What olfactory striae is contralateral?
Medila
A lesion to what area will cause a loss in taste?
Nucleus solitaris
What olfactory striae is involved in conscious perception of smell?
Intermediate olfactory striae
The most important crossover in the auditory pathway is?
Trapezoid body