Head: Cranial Nerves VI-XII Flashcards
Cranial nerve VI
- Abducent nerve
Abducent nerve (CN VI)
- Pass through cavernous sinus
- Exits cranium through superior orbital fissure
Abducent nerve (CN VI) function
- Innervates lateral rectus (eye abductor)
Cranial nerve VII
- Facial nerve
Facial nerve (CN VII) is formed by
- Facial nerve proper
- Nervus intermedius
Facial nerve proper innervation
- Muscle of facial expression
Nervus intermedius innervation
- Parasympathetic
- Taste (special sensory)
- Somatic sensory
Facial nerve (CN VII) pathway
- Posterior cranial fossa
- Internal acoustic meatus
- Facial canal (temporal bone)
- Exits skull through stylomastoid foramen
Facial nerve (CN VII) is the
- Longest intraossesous course of any cranial nerve
Branches of Facial nerve (CN VII) in the facial canal
- Greater petrosal
- Nerve to stapedius
- Chorda tympani nerve
Portion of Facial nerve (CN VII) that exits stylomastoid foramen innervates
- Muscles of facial expression
Sensory innervation of Facial nerve (CN VII)
- Special (taste)
- Somatic
Facial nerve (CN VII) cell bodies are located in the
- Geniculate ganglion
Special (taste) innervation of Facial nerve (CN VII)
- Anterior 2/3 of tongue
- Travels in chorda tympani
Somatic sensory innervation of Facial nerve (CN VII)
- Small portion of external ear (concha)
- External acoustic meatus/tympanic membrane
Motor innervation of Facial nerve (CN VII)
- Somatic
- Parasympathetic (visceral)
Somatic motor innervation of Facial nerve (CN VII)
- Muscle of facial expression (and some others)
- Efferent limb of corneal reflex
Parasympathetic (visceral) motor innervation of Facial nerve (CN VII) delivers
- Presynaptic parasympathetics to greater petrosal nerve
- Presynaptic parasympathetics to chorda tympani
Greater petrosal nerve pathway
- Greater petrosal nerve
- Pterygopalatine ganglion
- Lacrimal gland (and other glands)
Chorda tympani pathway
- Chorda tympani
- Submandibular ganglion
- Sublingual & submandibular salivary glands
Lesions to Facial nerve (CN VII) can result in a loss of/altered
- Lacrimation
- Taste anterior 2/3 tongue
- Salivation
Lesions to Facial nerve (CN VII) symptoms
- Depend on location of injury
- Paralysis of facial muscles
- Hyperacusis
- Loss of corneal reflex
Bell’s Palsy
- Idiopathic facial paralysis
- Cause is unknown exactly
Bell’s Palsy symptoms
- Compression,cischemia, demyelination of facial nerve in facial canal
- Can see other symptoms depending on location
Cranial nerve VIII
- Vestibulocochlear nerve