Lecture 10: Cranial Nerves IX, X, and XI Flashcards
What is CN IX?
Glossopharyngeal nerve
What number is the Glossopharyngeal Nerve?
IX
What part of the brainstem does the Glossopharyngeal Nerve exit?
It exits laterally on the medulla
Where does the Glossopharyngeal nerve exit the cranial vault?
The Jugular Foramen
What exits on the Jugular Foramen?
CN IX - Glossopharyngeal
CN X - Vagus
CN XI - Spinal Accessory
Venous return from the brain via dural sinus
What kind of nerve is CN IX - Glossopharyngeal Nerve?
Motor, Sensory and Parasympathetic
What is the motor function of CN IX - Glossopharyngeal nerve?
It innervates one muscle the stylopharyngeus (elevates pharynx)
What nerve innervates the Stylopharyngeus?
The motor component of the Glossopharyngeal nerve
What does the Stylopharyngeus muscle do?
Elevates the pharynx via motor innervation from CN IX
What is the nucleus in the brainstem that houses the LMN for the Stylopharyngeus?
The Nucleus Ambiguus
What mediates the elevation of the Stylopharyngeus?
The motor function of CN IX - Glossopharyngeal Nerve
What does the Nucleus Ambiguus do?
It houses the LMN for the motor function of the Glossopharyngeal Nerve
What is the nucleus connected to the motor function of the Glossopharyngeal Nerve?
The Nucleus Ambiguus
What is the general sensory function of CN IX - Glossopharyngeal Nerve?
*Sensation to the post 1/3 of the tongue
*Chemo and baroreceptors of the carotid sinus + body
What supplies sensation to the posterior 1/3 of the tongue?
CN IX - Glossopharyngeal Nerve
What is the afferent part of the gag reflex?
The sensation to the posterior 1/3 of the tongue is sensed by the hypoglossal nerve CN IX that senses when food is in the past of the tongue
What nucleus is the sensory innervation of the posterior 1/3 of the tongue sensed by?
The spinal trigeminal nucleus
What does the spinal trigeminal nucleus sense?
Pain from the any part of the trigeminal nerve (V) and sensory information from the posterior 1/3 of the tongue via CN IX (glossopharyngeal)
What nucleus does sensory information from the posterior 1/3 of the tongue sensed via CN IX (glossopharyngeal)?
The Spinal Trigeminal nucleus
What senses chemo and baroreceptors of the carotid sinus + body?
The Glossopharyngeal nerve CN IX
What is the sensory to the Vagus motor?
The Glossopharyngeal nerve
What instigates the swallowing reflex?
The feeling of food at the sensed by CN IX that feels the sensation
What CN does the motor of the swallowing in the swallowing reflex?
The vagus nerve
What is the breakdown of the sensation and taste to the tongue?
Anterior 2/3
*Taste - Facial nerve VII
*Sensation - Trigeminal V3
Posterior 1/3
*Taste - Glossopharyngeal IX
*Sensation - Glossopharyngeal IX
What nucleus in the brainstem is the sensation of baro and chemoreceptors by the Glossopharyngeal nerve CN IX associated with?
The nucleus of the solitary tract
What is the synapses at the nucleus of the solitary tract?
Taste from the facial nerve and the glossopharyngeal nerve and chemo and baroreceptors from the glossopharyngeal nerve
What do the chemo and baroreceptors associated with the Glossopharyngeal nerve sense?
BP and oxygen concentration
What is the special sensory function of the Glossopharyngeal nerve?
Taste to the posterior 1/3 of tongue