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Lecture 9b- Cranial Nerves 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Flashcards

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What nerve is CN5?

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trigeminal

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CN5 has somatosensory neurons from skin, muscle, and joint conscious sensor receptors of the anterior / head.

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2/3

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CN5 has somatomotor neurons to muscles of __________ and tempor tympani.

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mastication

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What is the sensory pathway of CN5?

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  • cutaneous sensation from upper (opthalmic), middle (maxillary), and lower (mandibular) branches of CN5
  • trigeminal (semilunar) ganglion
  • trigeminal nerve
  • trigeminal sensory nuclei
  • most cross near level of secondary nucleus
  • VPM of thalamus
  • infereior postcentral gyrus
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The opthalmic branch of CN5 goes through what fissure and supplies what structures?

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  • superior orbital fissure

- forehead, cornea, upper eyelid, dorsum of nose

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The maxillary branch of CN5 goes through what foramen and supplies what structures?

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  • foramen rotundum

- lower lid, lateral nose, cheek, upper jaw/teeth, palate, upper lip

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The mandibular branch of CN5 goes through what foramen and supplies what structures?

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  • foramen ovale

- lower lip, lower jaw/teeth, tongue, chin

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The trigeminal (semilunar) ganglion contains the _____ of psuedounipolar primary sensory neurons and is located at the base of the __________.

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  • soma

- sella turcica

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The trigeminal nerve is the central axons of psuedounipolar sensory neuron and connects at the _______.

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pons

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The trigeminal sensory nuclei is where we synapse to get our __________ neuron.

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secondary

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The central axons carrying pain and temperature signals from face _______ from pons to the _______ and synapse with ____________________ nucleus.

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  • descend
  • medulla
  • spinal trigeminal
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The central axons carrying touch and proprioception signals from the face synapse with ________________ nucleus in the ______.

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  • main sensory

- pons

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The central axons carrying proprioception from the jaw synapse with the _________________ nucleus in the _____.

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  • mesencephalic

- pons

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Most sensory pathways of CN5 cross near the level of the _______ nucleus and ascend in ___________ but some remain uncrossed.

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  • secondary

- trigeminal lemniscus

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Sensory information from the trigeminal nerve goes to the ________- of the thalamus.

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VPM

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Where does the secondary neuron of the trigeminal nerve synapse with the tertiary neuron?

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synapses at VPM

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Where does the tertiary neuron of the trigeminal nerve go?

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inferior postcentral gyrus

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What is the motor pathway of CN5?

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  • right and left precentral gyrus=upper motor neuron
  • corticobulbar tract
  • crossed and uncrossed, bilateral input to motor nucleus trigeminal nerve=lower motor neuron
  • trigeminal nerve
  • runs with mandibular nerve to muscles of mastication, mylohyoid, anterior belly digastric, tensor tympani
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The upper motor neuron of the trigeminal nerve comes from the _________ homunculus at the precentral gyrus.

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lateral

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Is the motor pathway of CN5 involved with the corticobulbar or corticospinal tract?

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corticobulbar (muscles of face, head, and neck)

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The motor neurons of CN5 are both _________ and __________, with bilateral input to motor nucleus of __________ nerve=_______________.

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  • crossed and uncrossed
  • trigeminal
  • lower motor neuron
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The trigeminal nerve runs with the ________ nerve to what muscles?

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  • mandibular

- muscles of mastication, mylohyoid, ant belly digastric, tensor tympani

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GUSTATION (TASTE)

A

GUSTATION (TASTE)

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Taste results from a ______ interaction between molecules in mouth and membrane ______ receptors on receptor cells in _________=sensory organ

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  • chemical
  • chemo
  • taste buds
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Taste buds are located in the papillae of what 4 structures?

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  • tongue
  • soft palate
  • pharynx
  • larynx
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Taste buds are composed of what 2 cells?

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  • gustatory receptor cells (hair cells)

- basal cells

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Gustatory receptor cells have long ___________ (gustatory hair) which extends to the surface through the taste _____; dendrites of cranial nerves synapse on gustatory receptor cells, in this case receptor cells ______ neurons.

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  • microvilli
  • pore
  • are not
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Basal cells are stem cells that develop into gustatory receptor cells and have a life span of ________

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10 days

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29
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  • Receptors in the tip of the tongue are more sensitive to _______.
  • Receptors in the posterior tongue are more sensitive to _______.
  • Receptors in the lateral tongue are more sensitive to _______.
A
  • sweet
  • bitter
  • sour and salty

-This is the traditional view, the current view is that taste sensations arise from all regions

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Like olfactory stimuli, we decrease our sensitivity to particular taste stimuli, what is this called? How long before we have complete…?

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  • adaptation

- 1-5m for complete adaptation

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What are the 9 parts of the gustatory pathway?

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  • bite of food is chewed and dissolved into food molecules
  • food molecules dissolve in saliva
  • food molecules bind receptor on gustatory receptor hair cell
  • chemical messenger binds chemical gated channel on dendrite of pseudounipolar taste neuron
  • AP generated on peripheral process of pseudounipolar neuron of CN7,9, or 10
  • sensory ganglia for taste=primary sensory neuron (CN7=anterior 2/3 tongue; CN9=posterior 1/3 tongue; CN10=base of tongue/pharynx
  • central process enter the brain stem and travel in solitary tract
  • synapse on secondary neurons in the gustatory portion of solitary nucleus=secondary sensory neuron which projects crossed/uncrossed to tertiary neurons in VPM nucleus of thalamus (taste differentiation) and limbic system (emotional response to taste)
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After food is dissolved into food molecules, the food molecules binds to receptors on ______________ cell.

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gustatory receptor hair

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Gustatory receptor hair cells release _______________ after food molecules bind to them.

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-chemical messengers

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34
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Chemical messengers released from gustatory hair cells bind to chemical gated channels on dendrite of _______________ taste neuron.

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pseudounipolar

35
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AP are generated on the ________________ of pseudounipolar neuron of CN_,_, and __.

A
  • peripheral

- 7,9,10

36
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The ______________ is a sensory ganglion of the facial nerve (CN7). It contains the cell bodies of the fibers responsible for conducting taste sensation from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue.

A

geniculate ganglion

37
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The _____________ is a sensory ganglion of the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN9). It contains the cell bodes of the fibers responsible for conduction taste sensation from the posterior one-third of the tongue.

A

inferior petrosal ganglia

38
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The _____________ is a sensory ganglion of the vagus nerve (CN10). It contains the cell bodes of the fibers responsible for conduction taste sensation from the base of the tongue/pharynx.

A

inferior ganglia of CN10

39
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The central process of the primary sensory neuron for taste enter the brain stem and travel on __________ tract.

40
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The primary sensory neuron for taste synapses with the secondary neuron in the __________ portion of the solitary nucleus. The secondary neuron projects _________/_______ bilateral to these two structures:

  1. ) Tertiary neuron located in the _______ nucleus of the thalamus and go to the bilateral cerebral cortex (________,__________) for taste __________.
  2. ) _______ system for ________ response to taste
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  • gustatory
  • crossed/uncrossed
  • VPM
  • insula, inferior postcentral gyrus
  • differentiation
  • limbic
  • emotional response
41
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CN7=FACIAL NERVE

A

CN7=FACIAL NERVE

42
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What nerve is CN7?

43
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What are the 4 neuron types of CN7?

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  • special sensory for taste=pseudounipolar
  • somatosensory for proprioception of facial expression muscles; skin sensation posterior ear, external auditory meatus=pseudounipolar
  • somatamotor to muscles of facial expression and stapedius
  • autonomic motor (preganglionic parasympathetic)
44
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What is the somatosensory pathway of CN7?

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  • receptors for proprioception of facial expression muscles; skin sensation posterior ear, external auditory meatus= pseudounipolar
  • geniculate ganglia located in petrous portion of temporal bone = primary sensory neuron
  • spinal (trigeminal) nuc. of CN5 = secondary sensory neuron
  • VPM of thalamus = tertiary sensory neuron
  • Ascend to contralateral postcentral gyrus = crossed
45
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Where are the 3 synapses located on the somatosensory pathway of CN7?

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1st= geniculate ganglia
2nd= spinal (trigeminal) nuclei of CN5
3rd=VPM of thalamus

46
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CN7 also has _______ sensory for taste

47
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What is the somatomotor pathway of CN7 to muscles of facial expression?

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  • precentral gyrus = upper motor neuron
  • corticobulbar tracts
  • facial nucleus = lower motor neuron at level of open medulla (upper facial muscles get bilateral (crossed and uncrossed))(lower facial muscles get contralateral (crossed only))
  • CN7 exits brainstem at junction of pons and medulla; leaves cranial cavity via stylomastoid foramen and divides into cutaneous nerves of parotid plexus providing motor to muscles of facial expression
48
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What are the 6 somatomotor distal branches of CN7 that provide motor to muscles of facial expression

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  • auricular n
  • temporal branch
  • zygomatic branch
  • buccal branch
  • marginal (mandibular) branch
  • cervical branch
49
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In regards to the CN7 somatomotor pathway, upper facial muscles get _______ and lower facial muscles get ____________.

A
  • bilateral (crossed and uncrossed)

- contralateral

50
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CN7 somatomotor pathway leaves the cranial cavity at the junction of the ____ and _______. It leaves the cranial cavity via the ___________ foramen.

A
  • pons and medulla

- stylomastoid

51
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How does part of CN7 somatomotor pathway reach the stapedes muscle?

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branch of CN7 enters petrous portion of temporal bone through internal acoustic meatus to innervate the stapedes

52
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What is the autonomic motor pathway of CN7 to lacrimal glands and submandibular/sublingual glands?

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  • superior salivary nuc = parasympathetic preganglionic neurons in rostral open medulla
  • parasympathetic postganglionic cells in pterygopalatine and submandibular ganglia
53
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In regards to the CN7 autonomic motor pathway, pterygopalatine ganglia supplies _______ glands, while the submandibular ganglia supplies _________ glands.

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  • lacrimal

- sumbandibular and sublingual salivary glands

54
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CN9=GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE

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CN9=GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE

55
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What nerve is CN9?

A

glossopharyngeal

56
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What are the 5 neuron types of CN9?

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  • somatosensory from posterior ear
  • special sensory for taste
  • visceral sensory from carotid sinus and body
  • somatomotor to stylopharyngeous muscle
  • autonomic motor (preganglionic parasympathetic) to salivary glands
57
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What is the somatosensory pathway of CN9?

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-somatosensory from base of tongue posterior ear
-superior ganglion of CN9 = primary sensory neuron
-spinal (trigeminal) nucleus of CN5 = secondary sensory neuron
-goes to either sensory part of gag reflex w/ CN10
OR
-VPM of thalamus and crossed postcentral gyrus

58
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The somatosensory pathway of CN9 comes from the ________ ear.

59
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What are the 2 end points of the somatosensory pathway of CN9?

A
  • sensory part of gag reflex w/ CN10

- VPM to postcentral gyrus crossed

60
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CN9 also has _______ sensory for taste.

61
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What is the visceral sensory pathway of CN9?

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  • carotid body and sinuses
  • solitary nucleus
  • cardiovascular reflex w/ CN10
62
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What is the somatomotor pathway of CN9 to the stylopharyngeus?

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  • precentral gyrus = upper motor neuron
  • corticobulbar tracts
  • nucleus ambiguous in medulla = lower motor neuron
  • stylopharyngeus
63
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What is the autonomic motor pathway of CN9 to the parotid gland?

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  • inferior salivary nuclei in medulla
  • otic ganglia = preganglionic neuron
  • parasympathetic postganglionic neuron in wall of parotid gland
  • parotid gland secretory cells
64
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CN10=VAGUS (WANDERING) NERVE

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CN10=VAGUS (WANDERING) NERVE

65
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What nerve is CN10?

66
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What are the 5 neuron types of CN10?

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  • somatosensory from posterior ear and external auditory canal
  • viscerosensory from organs of thorax and abdomen; aortic arch baro and chemo receptors
  • special sensory from taste buds on epiglottis and pharynx
  • somatomotor to pharyngeal and laryngeal muscles + palatoglossus of tongue
  • autonomic motor (preganglionic parasympathetic) to organs of thorax and abdomen
67
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What is the somatosensory pathway of CN10?

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  • posterior ear and external auditory canal
  • superior (jugular) ganglion of CN10 = primary pseudounipolar neuron
  • spinal (trigeminal) nucleus of CN5
  • VPM of thalamus
  • contralateral postcentral gyrus
68
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The somatosensory pathway of CN10 comes from the ___________ ear and ______________ canal.

A
  • posterior

- external auditory

69
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CN10 also has ________ sensory for taste.

70
Q

What is the visceral sensory pathway of CN10?

A
  • aortic arch baro and chemoreceptors
  • inferior (no dose) ganglia of CN10
  • solitary nucleus
  • reflex cardiovascular control w/ dorsal motor nucleus of CN10
71
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The viscerosensory pathway of CN10 comes from the _______ and ________ receptors.

A

chemo and baroreceptors

72
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What is the somatomotor pathway of CN10?

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  • precentral gyrus = upper motor neuron
  • corticobulbar
  • nucleus ambiguous = lower motor neuron
  • muscles of pharynx, larynx, and palatoglossus
73
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The somatomotor pathway of CN10 goes to the muscles of the _______ and ________, as well as

A
  • pharynx and larynx

- palatoglossus

74
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What is the autonomic (parasympathetic) motor pathway of CN10?

A
  • dorsal motor nucleus = preganglionic neuron
  • postganglionic neuron in wall of organ of innervation
  • neck, thorax (heart, lungs), abdominal organs
75
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CN11=SPINAL ACCESSORY NERVE

A

CN11=SPINAL ACCESSORY NERVE

76
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What nerve is CN11?

A

spinal accessory

77
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What is the only neuron type of CN11?

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somatomotor to SCM and trapezius

78
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What is the somatomotor pathway of CN11?

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  • precentral gyrus = upper motor neuron
  • corticospinal tract
  • cross over in decussation of pyramids
  • ventral horm C1-C5,6 = lower motor neuron
  • spinal accessory n. ascend vertebral canal
  • enter cranium via foramen magnum
  • exit cranium via jugular foramen
  • trapezius and SCM
79
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The somatomotor pathway of CN11 goes to what muscles?

A
  • SCM

- trapezius

80
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CN12=HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE

A

CN12=HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE

81
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What nerve is CN12?

A

hypoglossal

82
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What is the only neuron type of CN12?

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Somatomotor to intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of tongue (except palatoglossus, CN10)

83
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What is the somatomotor pathway of CN12?

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  • precentral gyrus = upper motor neuron
  • corticobulbar tract
  • cross over
  • hypoglossal nucleus = lower motor neuron
  • hypoglossal nerve
  • hypoglossal canal
  • branches to intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of tongue (except palatoglossus CN10)
84
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The somatomotor pathway of CN12 goes to what muscles?

A

intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of tongue, except for palatoglossus

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