Module 5 cranial nerves Flashcards

1
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also convey pain information from their areas to the spinal trigeminal nucleus

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CNs VII, IX and X

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Located in the medulla •Receives information about deep/crude touch, pain and temperature from the ipsilateral face

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Spinal trigeminal nucleus

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3
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A group of second order neurons which have cell bodies in the caudal pons

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Principal sensory nucleus

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4
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Principal sensory nucleus Receives information about discriminative sensation and light touch of the face as well as conscious propioception of the jaw via?

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1st order neuron

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5
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Most of the sensory information crosses the midline and travels to the __________________ nucleus of the thalamus via the ventral ___________________ (principal nucleus)

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Contralateral ventral posteriomedial ( VPM); ventral trigeminothalamic tract

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6
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Information from the oral cavity travels to the ________________ nucleus of the thalamus via the ____________ (principal nucleus)

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Ipsilateral ventral posteriomedial; dorsal trigeminothalamic tract

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7
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Involved with propioception of the face, that is, the feeling of position of the muscles

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Mesenchepalic nucleus

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8
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Mesenchepalic nucleus Unlike many nuclei within the CNS, this nucleus contains no ____________ but are _____________

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Chemical synapses; electrically coupled

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9
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Neurons of mesencephalic nucleus are?

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Pseudounipolar cells

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10
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Pseudounipolar cells, receiving propioceptive information from the ______________, and sending projections to the__________________to mediate ___________________

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Mandible; motor trigeminal nucleus; monosynaptic jaw jerk reflexes

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11
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Mesencephalic nucleus, The only structure in the CNS to contain the cell bodies of a ___________, which are usually contained within _________

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Primary afferent ;Ganglia

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12
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Located in the mid-pons

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Trigeminal motor nucleus

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13
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Trigeminal motor nucleus innervates

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Muscle of masication
Tensor tympani
Tensor veli palatini 
Mylohyoid 
Anterior belly of the digastric
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14
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What are the muscles of masication?

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Masseter
Temporalis
Medial pterygoid
Lateral pterygoid

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15
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Controls the muscles of facial expression

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Facial nerve

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16
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Facial nerve Conveys taste sensations from the ____________ of the tongue and oral cavity

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Anterior Two thirds

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17
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Facial nerve Supplies ____________________ fibers to several head and neck ganglia

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Preganglionic parasympathetic

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18
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The motor part of the facial nerve arises from the

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Facial nerve nucleus of the pons

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19
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sensory and parasympathetic parts of the facial nerve arise from the

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Nervus intermedius

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20
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Faial nerve Forms the _______________ prior to entering the facial canal

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Geniculate ganglion

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21
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provides parasympathetic innervation to several glands, including the nasal, palatine, lacrimal and pharyngeal glands

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Greater petrosal nerve

22
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Greater petrosal nerve also provides parasympathetic innervation to the

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sphenoid, 
frontal, 
maxillary and 
ethmoidsinuses as well as the
 nasal cavity
23
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provides motor innervation for stapediusmuscle in middle ear

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Nerve to stapedius

24
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Special sensory taste fibers for the anterior 2/3 of the tongue

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Chorda thympani

25
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Exit of extracranial branches of facial nerve

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Sylomastoid foramen

26
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controls movements of some of the scalp muscles around the ear

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Posterior auricular nerve

27
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Five major facial branches (in parotid gland

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temporal, zygomatic, buccal, marginal mandibular, cervical

28
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Exit of motor nucleus of fascial nerve

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Internal acoustic meatus

29
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Mixed motor and sensory but mostly sensory •Aids in tasting, swallowing and salivary secretions

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Glossopharyngeal nerve

30
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Glossopharyngeal Its superior and inferior (petrous) ganglia contain the cell bodies of ________

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Pain fibers

31
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Solitary nucleus receive information from?

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Carotid baroreceptors and carotid body chemoreceptors

32
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somatic sensory fibers from the middle ear

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Spinal nucleus of trigeminal nerve

33
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Lateral nucleus of ala cinerea

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Visceral pain

34
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the lower motor neurons for the stylopharyngeus muscle

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Nucleus ambiguus

35
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parasympathetic input to the parotid and mucus glands

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Inferior salivatory nucleus

36
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Glossopharyngeal nerve branches

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Tympanic •Stylopharyngeal •Tonsillar •Nerve to carotid sinus •Branches to the posterior third of the tongue •Lingual branches •A communicating branch to the Vagus Nerve

37
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Exit of glossopharyngeal nerve?

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Jugular foramen

38
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The vagus runs posterior to the ______________ and ____________inside the carotid sheath

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Common carotid artery; internal jugular vein

39
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Vagus nerve Includes axons which emerge from or converge onto

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Four nuclei of the medlulla

40
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sends parasympathetic output to the viscera, especially the intestines

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Dorsal nucleus of vagus

41
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gives rise to the branchialefferent motor fibers of the vagusnerve and preganglionic parasympathetic neurons that innervate the heart

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Nucleus ambiguus

42
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receives afferent taste information and primary afferents from visceral organs

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Solitary nucleus

43
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receives information about deep/crude touch, pain, and temperature of the outer ear, the duraof the posterior cranial fossa and the mucosa of the larynx

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Spinal trigeminal nucleus

44
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How many percent of the nerve fibers in the vagusnerve are afferent nerves communicating the state of the viscera to the brain

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80-90

45
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Accessory nerve Provides motor innervation from the CNS to two muscles of the neck: the

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Scm and trapezius

46
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tilts and rotates the head

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SCM

47
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elevates shoulder and adducts the scapula

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Trapezius

48
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Supplies motor fibres to all of the muscles of the tongue, except the palatoglossus muscle

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Hypoglossal nerve

49
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somatic (touch/pain/temperature/propioception) or special (special senses

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Afferent

50
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visceral (internal organs) or somatic (skeletal muscles

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Efferent

51
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special afferent

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Cranialnerve 2

52
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Visceral efferent

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Cranial nerve 10