Exam 5 Pt. 4 Flashcards
optic nerve
f: communicates visual information to brain
t: sensory
olfactory nerve
f: sense of smell
t: sensory
oculomotor nerve
f: innervates eye movement
t: motor
trochlear
f: innervates eye movement
t: motor
trigeminal
f: innervates muscles of mastication, tensor veli palatini, and communicates sensation from teeth, face, etc.
t: both
abducens
f: innervates eye movements
t: motor
facial nerve
f: innervates muscles of facial expression, serves taste of anterior two-thirds of tongue
t: both
vestibulocochlear
f: mediates auditory and vestibular sensations
t: sensory
glossopharyngeal
f: serves taste of posterior one-third of tongue
t: both
vagus
f: important for somatic and autonomic functions
t: both
accessory
f: activates sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles
t: motor
hypoglossal
f: innervates muscles of the tongue
t: motor
spinal cord
sends information to and from the brain
spinal nerves
31 pairs, ventral and dorsal root
reflex arc
simple stimulus response
dorsal funiculi
posterior, sensory information
lateral funiculi
side
ventral funiculi
anterior, motor information
afferent pathways
fasciculus gracilis & cuneatus, anterior & lateral spinothalamic, anterior and posterior spinocerebellar.
efferent pathways
corticospinal, corticobulbar, tectospinal, rubrospinal, vestibulospinal, pontine reticulospinal, medullary reticulospinal