Lecture 12: Trigeminal System Flashcards
Where is the apparent origin of the trigeminal nerve? where is the real sensory origin? real motor origin?
Apparent: Pons, as a small motor root and large sensory root
Real Sensory: Trigeminal Ganglion
Real Motor: Motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve
The central fibers of the trigeminal ganglion (sensory) project to which three structures?
- Spinal trigeminal nucleus + tract (medulla)
- Chief (main/principal) sensory nucleus (pons)
- Mesencephalic nucleus + tract
____ nerve is responsible for transmission of general somatic sensibility (vibration, touch, conscious, and unconscious proprioceptive, pain, and temperature sensations of the greater part of the head and motor innervation of muscles of mastication
Trigeminal Nerve
True or False: The Trigeminal nerve is involves in general sensations of face, oral/nasal cavities, dura mater, and proprioception for associated muscles
True
True or False: The sensory portion of the Trigeminal Nerve functions like the dorsal columns, LAS, and spinocerebellar tracts for rest of the body
True
___ nuclei form an almost continuous column of cells from cervical spinal cord to midbrain
A. Two
B. Three
C. Six
D. Four
B. Three
Where is the spinal trigeminal nucleus and spinal trigeminal tract located?
A. thalamus
B. medial tegmentum of medulla and rostral pons
C. lateral tegmentum of medulla and caudal pons
C. lateral tegmentum of medulla and caudal pons
The spinal trigeminal nucleus is considered to be the rostral continuation of the ____ of the dorsal horn while the tract is considered to be the rostral continuation of ____ tract
A. Lissauer’s tract; substantia gelatinosa
B. FG; FC
C. Nucleus of Lissauer; substantia gelatinosa
D. substantia gelatinosa; Lissauer’s tract
D. substantia gelatinosa; Lissauer’s tract
The spinal trigeminal nucleus and spinal trigeminal tract is concerned with pain, temperature, and crude touch information from the head, making it functionally analogous to the ____
A. DC-ML
B. ALS
C. Spinocerebellar system
B. ALS
Where are the chief (main/principal) sensory nucleus of the Trigeminal Nerve located?
A. Lateral Tegmentum of medulla and caudal pons
B. Dorsolateral Pontine Tegmentum (midpontine level)
B. Dorsolateral Pontine Tegmentum (midpontine level)
True or False: The Chief (Main/Principal) Sensory Nucleus of the Trigeminal Nerve is concerned with: fine touch, two point discrimination, vibratory, and conscious proprioception information from the head, making it functionally analagous to the ALS
False - chief sensory nucleus of CN 5 is functionally analogous to the DC-ML
Where is the mesencephalic nucleus of CN 5 located?
A. Lateral Tegmentum of medulla and caudal pons
B. Dorsolateral Pontine Tegmentum (midpontine level)
C. Rostral pons and caudal medulla (adjacent to PAG)
C. Rostral pons and caudal medulla (adjacent to PAG)
True or False: The mesencephalic nucleus represents primary sensory ganglia (like DRG) that have become incorporated into the CNS during the development of the brainstem
True
Which of the following are concerned with UNCONSCIOUS PROPRIOCEPTION information from the head and is functionally ANALAGOUS to the SPINOCEREBELLAR SYSTEM?
A. Special Visceral Efferent
B. Chief (main/principal) Sensory Nucleus
C. Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus
D. Spinal Trigeminal Tract
E. Mesencephalic Nucleus
E. Mesencephalic Nucleus
_____: Important role in motor innervation of muscles of mastication
A. Special Visceral Efferent
B. Chief (main/principal) Sensory Nucleus
C. Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus
D. Spinal Trigeminal Tract
E. Mesencephalic Nucleus
A. Special Visceral Efferent
Where is the motor nucleus of the trigeminal nerve found?
A. VPL
B. DRG
C. Dorsolateral pontine tegmentum (mid-pontine)
C. Dorsolateral pontine tegmentum (mid-pontine)
True or False: The sensory root (portio major) of the trigeminal nerve corresponds to V1, V2, and V3
true
True or False: The Trigeminal Nerve has overlapping dermatomes
False - no overlapping dermatomes
The trigeminal ganglion are similar to the ___ of the ___ nervous system
A. DRG; peripheral nervous system
B. VRG; central nervous system
A. DRG; peripheral nervous system
True or False: The trigeminal ganglion contains neuronal cell bodies of the motor neurons of the trigeminal nerve
False - contains neuronal cell bodies of sensory neurons of trigeminal nerve
The motor root (portio major) of the trigeminal nerve contains fibers that are only found in the __ division
A. V1 (opthalmic)
B. V2 (maxillary)
C. V3 (mandibular)
C. V3 (mandibular)
The sensory component of the central distribution of the trigeminal nerve enters the brainstem at the ___, passed through the middle ____ _____
mid-pontine; middle cerebellar peduncle
The primary afferent axons will enter either the ____ or descend along lateral margin of brainstem to enter _____ nucleus
chief sensory nucleus; spinal trigeminal
True or False: Chief Sensory Nucleus (Chief Sensory V) while Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus (Spinal VV)
False - Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus (Spinal V)
____ receives large afferent inputs concerned with fine touch, vibratory and conscious proprioception info from the head (via all three divisions)
Chief Sensory Nucleus