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Lecture 7, Cranial Nerves Flashcards

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Cervicomedullary junction

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foramen magnum and pyramidal decussation
caudal limit of brainstem

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Midbrain-diencephalic junction

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brainstem meets the thalamus and hypothalamus at the level of the tentorium cerebelli

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Hypoglossal trigone/vagal trigone

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formed by the hypoglossal nucleus and dorsal motor nucleus of vagus

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Facial colliculi

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formed by the abducens nuclei and fibers of the facial nerve

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The pons is attached to the cerebellum by

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large white matter tracts called superior, middle, and inferior cerebellar peduncles

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Motor cranial nerve nuclei are located

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more ventrally

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Sensory cranial nerve nuclei are located

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more dorsally

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Somatic motor nuclei

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CN 3, 4, 6, 12
derived from occipital somites
extraocular muscles, intrinsic tongue muscles

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Visceral motor nuclei

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made up of branchial motor nuclei and parasympathetic nuclei

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Branchial motor nuclei

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CN 5, CN 7, 9, 10, 11
innervate striated muscles
muscles of mastication, facial expression, middle ear, pharynx, larynx, SCM, traps

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Parasympathetic motor nuclei

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CN 3, 7, 9, 10
do not innervate striated muscle, but innervate glands, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle

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Visceral sensory column

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made of 2 parts
rostral nucleus solitarius
caudal nucleus solitarius

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Rostral nucleus solitarius

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receives taste inputs primarily from CN 7, 9, 10

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Caudal nucleus solitarius

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receives inpt to regulate cardiac, respiratory, and GI function from 9 and 10

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General somatosensory nuclei/trigeminal

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mediate touch, pain, temp, poisition and vibration sense for the face, sinuses, and meninges. Mostly CN 5 (7, 9, 10)

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Special somatic sensory

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olfaction, vision, hearing, vestibular sensation
CN 8

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Special senses

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olfaction, vision, hearing, vestibular sense, taste

olfaction and vision do not have their primary sensory nuclei in brainstem

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Olfactory Nerve

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specialized chemoreceptors on bipolar primary sensory neurons

axons travel via olfactory nerves, synapse in olfactory bulbs, and travel through tracts. ends in temporal lobe

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Optic Nerve

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carries visual info from retina to LGN nucleus of the thalamus

visual info travels in optic nerve from orbit to intracranial cavity via optic canal

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Edinger-Westphal

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nucleus in the midbrain
these synapse on ciliary ganglion located in the orbit
postganglionic neurons then go to pupillary constrictor and ciliary muscles

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Mesencephalic nucleus

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carry proprioceptive input from the muscles of mastication, tongue, and extraocular muscles

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Main/chief trigeminal sensory nucleus

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provude sensory for the face and head that are analogous to posterior columns (DCML)

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Spinal trigeminal

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provide sensory for the face and head that are analogous to the ALS

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Trigeminal Lemniscus pathway

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Trigeminal ganglion–> main trigeminal sensory nucleus–> 2nd order decussates and ascends in trigeminal lemniscus –> syanpses on VPM in thalamus –> 3rd order leaves VPM –> internal capsule __> corona radiata –> S1

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Trigeminothalamic Pathway

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Trigeminal ganglion–> spinal trigeminal tract__> spinal trigeminal nucleus–> trigeminothalamic tract –> VPM –> internal capsule –> corona radiata –> S1

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Mesencephalic Trigeminal Tract

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Mesencephalic nucleus –> mesencephalic trigeminal tract –> main trigeminal sensory nucleus –> trigeminal lemniscus –> VPM –> internal capsule –> corona radiata –> S1

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Facial Nerve categories

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Brancial motor
parasympathetic
visceral sensory, special
somatic sensory

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Branchial Motor CN VII

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muscles of facial expresion

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Parasympathetic CN VII

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lacrimal glands, sublingual, submandibular, salivary glands besides parotid

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Visceral sensory CN VII

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taste from 2/3 tongue

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General Somatic Sensory

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sensation from samll region near ear

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Preganglionic Parasympathethic Fibers of CN VII

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originate in superior salivatory nucleus

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CN VIII

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special somatic sensory for hearing

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Summary of sound

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sound enter the external auditory meatus, transmitted mechanically by middle ear to cochlea, transduced by hair cells to neural signals carried by cochlear nerve

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Dorsal Cochlear Nuclei

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Spiral ganglion–> DCN–> crosses–> trap body–> inf colliculus–> MGN –> A1

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Ventral Cochlear Nuclei

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Spiral ganglion–> VCN–> splits into 2 separate paths at pons

  1. superior olivary–> inf colliculus–> MGN–> A1
  2. Trapezoid body–> inf colliculus –>MGN–> A1

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