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Head: Cranial Nerves VI-XII Flashcards

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Cranial nerve VI

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  • Abducent nerve
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Abducent nerve (CN VI)

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  • Pass through cavernous sinus

- Exits cranium through superior orbital fissure

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Abducent nerve (CN VI) function

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  • Innervates lateral rectus (eye abductor)
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Cranial nerve VII

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  • Facial nerve
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Facial nerve (CN VII) is formed by

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  • Facial nerve proper

- Nervus intermedius

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Facial nerve proper innervation

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  • Muscle of facial expression
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Nervus intermedius innervation

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  • Parasympathetic
  • Taste (special sensory)
  • Somatic sensory
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Facial nerve (CN VII) pathway

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  • Posterior cranial fossa
  • Internal acoustic meatus
  • Facial canal (temporal bone)
  • Exits skull through stylomastoid foramen
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Facial nerve (CN VII) is the

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  • Longest intraossesous course of any cranial nerve
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Branches of Facial nerve (CN VII) in the facial canal

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  • Greater petrosal
  • Nerve to stapedius
  • Chorda tympani nerve
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Portion of Facial nerve (CN VII) that exits stylomastoid foramen innervates

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  • Muscles of facial expression
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Sensory innervation of Facial nerve (CN VII)

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  • Special (taste)

- Somatic

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Facial nerve (CN VII) cell bodies are located in the

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  • Geniculate ganglion
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Special (taste) innervation of Facial nerve (CN VII)

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  • Anterior 2/3 of tongue

- Travels in chorda tympani

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Somatic sensory innervation of Facial nerve (CN VII)

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  • Small portion of external ear (concha)

- External acoustic meatus/tympanic membrane

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Motor innervation of Facial nerve (CN VII)

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  • Somatic

- Parasympathetic (visceral)

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Somatic motor innervation of Facial nerve (CN VII)

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  • Muscle of facial expression (and some others)

- Efferent limb of corneal reflex

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Parasympathetic (visceral) motor innervation of Facial nerve (CN VII) delivers

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  • Presynaptic parasympathetics to greater petrosal nerve

- Presynaptic parasympathetics to chorda tympani

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Greater petrosal nerve pathway

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  • Greater petrosal nerve
  • Pterygopalatine ganglion
  • Lacrimal gland (and other glands)
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Chorda tympani pathway

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  • Chorda tympani
  • Submandibular ganglion
  • Sublingual & submandibular salivary glands
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Lesions to Facial nerve (CN VII) can result in a loss of/altered

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  • Lacrimation
  • Taste anterior 2/3 tongue
  • Salivation
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Lesions to Facial nerve (CN VII) symptoms

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  • Depend on location of injury
  • Paralysis of facial muscles
  • Hyperacusis
  • Loss of corneal reflex
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Bell’s Palsy

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  • Idiopathic facial paralysis

- Cause is unknown exactly

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Bell’s Palsy symptoms

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  • Compression,cischemia, demyelination of facial nerve in facial canal
  • Can see other symptoms depending on location
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Cranial nerve VIII

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  • Vestibulocochlear nerve
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Vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)

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  • Passes through internal acoustic meatus

- Innervates inner ear structures

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Vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII) separates into

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  • Vestibular nerve

- Cochlear nerve

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Vestibular nerve (branch of Vestibulocochlear nerve/CN VIII) regulates

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  • Head positon

- Linear and angular acceleration

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Cochlear nerve (branch of Vestibulocochlear nerve/CN VIII) regulates

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Cranial nerve IX

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  • Glossopharyngeal nerve
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Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) exits cranium through

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  • Jugular foramen
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Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) is

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  • Sensory
  • Somatic
  • Special
  • Visceral
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Sensory innervation of Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)

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  • Superior & inferior ganglia of glossopharyngeal
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Somatic innervation of Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)

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  • Tympanic cavity
  • Pharynx
  • Palatine tonsil
  • Posterior 1/3 tongue
  • Afferent limb of gag reflex
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Special innervation of Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)

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  • Taste posterior 1/3 of tongue
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Visceral innervation of Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)

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  • Carotid sinus (baroreceptor)
  • Carotid body (chemoreceptor)
  • Carotid branch
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Cranial nerve X

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  • Vagus nerve
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Vagus nerve (CN X) is

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  • Both sensory and motor
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Sensory innervation of Vagus nerve (CN X)

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  • Superior vagal ganglion

- Inferior vagal ganglion (nodose ganglion)

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Motor innervation of Vagus nerve (CN X)

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  • Somatic

- Visceral (parasympathetic)

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Superior vagal ganglion of Vagus nerve (CN X) contains

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  • Cell bodies of general sensory sensory neurons
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Superior vagal ganglion of Vagus nerve (CN X) innervation

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  • Portion of external ear
  • External auditory meatus
  • Tympanic membrane
  • Larynx (and a portion of laryngopharynx)
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Inferior vagal ganglion (nodose ganglion) of Vagus nerve (CN X) contains

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  • Cell bodies of visceral sensory

- Taste neurons

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Inferior vagal ganglion (nodose ganglion) of Vagus nerve (CN X) innervates

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  • Aortic chemoreceptors
  • Baroreceptors
  • Thoracic and abdominal organs
  • Taste from tongue root, epiglottis
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Lesion of Vagus nerve (CN X) effects

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  • Gag reflex or saying “ahhh”
  • Laryngeal paralysis
  • Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia)
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The gag reflex in Vagus nerve (CN X) lesion results in

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  • Uvula deviates away from affected side (bad side)
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Laryngeal paralysis from the lesion of Vagus nerve (CN X) causes

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  • Change in voice (hoarseness)
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Somatic motor innervation of Vagus nerve (CN X)

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  • Soft palate (except tensor veli palatine)
  • Pharynx (except stylopharyngeus)
  • All Laryngeal muscles
  • Palatoglossus
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Pharynx (except stylopharyngeus) from Vagus nerve (CN X) innervation is the

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  • Efferent limb of gag reflex
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Visceral (parasympathetic) innervation of Vagus nerve (CN X)

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  • Presynaptic parasympathetic to thoracic and most abdominal viscera up to left colic flexure
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Cranial nerve XI

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  • Spinal accessory nerve
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Spinal accessory nerve (CN XI) arises from

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  • Cervical spinal cord
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Spinal accessory nerve (CN XI) enters cranium through the

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  • Foramen magnum
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Spinal accessory nerve (CN XI) exits cranium through the

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  • Jugular foramen
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Spinal accessory nerve (CN XI) innervates

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  • Sternocleidomastoid muscle

- Trapezius muscle

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Lesion to CN XI may cause

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  • Weakness in SCM/trapezius
  • Shoulder shrug
  • Cervical rotation to opposite side
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Cranial nerve XII

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  • Hypoglossal nerve
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Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII) exits cranium through

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  • Hypoglossal canal
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Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII) is joined by

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  • Branches of the cervical plexus
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Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII) is

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  • Both sensory and motor
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Sensory innervation of Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)

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  • None really

- Fibers from cervical plexus travel hitchhike with CN XII

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Motor innervation of Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)

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  • Intrinsic tongue muscles

- Extrinsic tongue muscles (except palatoglossus)

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Hypoglossal nerve lesion may cause

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  • Dysarthria
  • Tongue atrophy
  • Deviation to injured side during tongue protrusion

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