Nerves Flashcards
First Cranial nerve
-Olfactory nerve(smell)
Second Cranial nerve
Optic nerve (sight)
Third Cranial nerve
Oculomotor nerve (Orbital muscles for eye movement)
Fourth Cranial nerve
Trochlear nerve (Orbital muscles for eye movement)
Fifth cranial nerve
Trigeminal nerve( Motor: movement of the **jaws** and **muscles of mastication** Sensory: sensation of feeling for the **face, teeth, and periodontal ligaments**, and anterior two thirds of the **tongue**)
Sixth Cranial nerve
Abducens nerve (Orbital muscles for eye movement)
Seventh Cranial nerve
Facial Nerve ( Motor: to the muscles of facial expression
Sensory: taste to anterior two-thirds of tongue
Secretory: to submandibular and sublingual glands)
Eighth Cranial nerve
Auditory Nerve(Sense of hearing, position, and balance)
Tenth Cranial nerve
Vagus nerve( Pharyngeal and laryngeal movements: digestive tract)
Eleventh Cranial Nerve
Accessory nerve(Neck movements: sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles)
Twelfth Cranial nerve
Hypoglossal nerve ( Motor: tongue movement (muscles)
Largest cranial nerve
Trigeminal nerve
Trigeminal Nerve origin
- Large seminlunar or trigeminal ganglion on the superior surface of the petrosal portion of the temporal bone
- Located in semilunar fossa medial to foramen ovale
Trigeminal nerve divisions
- Division I- Ophthalmic
- Division II- Maxillary nerve
- Division III- Mandibular nerve
Ophthalmic and maxillary nerve are
Afferent only(sensory)
Mandibular nerve is
Efferent (motor) and afferent (sensory)
Supply afferent/sensory neurons that provide the brain with information about the position of the teeth and jaws at all times
Maxillary and mandibular divisions
Proprioceptive neurons supply
Periodontal ligament around
each tooth from maxillary and mandibular divisions of trigeminal nerve
Have richest supply of proprioceptive endings
Canines
TMJ proprioceptive neurons
In the capsule and disc and innervated by the auriculotemporal branch of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve
Ophthalmic Nerve origin
exits skull through superior orbital fissure on the superior surface of the orbit
Ophthalmic Nerve branches
- *-Lacrimal nerve** (smallest),
- *-Frontal nerve**(largest )
- Nasociliary nerve
Ophthalmic Nerve sensations
-Touch, pain, pressure
-Skin of upper third of face (forehead and anterior scalp, and the skin around the eyeball, eyelid and nose,
and part of the nasal mucosa)
-Maxillary sinus
Maxillary nerve sensations
touch, pain, pressure, and temperature
The maxillary nerve innervates
- Middle third of face and the palate
- Pulp of all maxillary teeth
The maxillary nerve exists the brain through
Foramen rotundum
After passing through foramen rotundum, the maxillary nerve passes into
The pterygopalatine space and splits into four branches
Four important branches of the Maxillary nerve
- -Pterygopalatine*
- -Posterior superior alveolar (PSA)*
- -Infraorbital*
- -Zygomatic nerve*
First branch of the maxillary nerve
Pterygopalatine nerve
Where does the pterygopalatine nerve split off from
-Close to foramen rotundum
Which branch of the Pterygopalatine Nerve passes through the greater palatine foramen and what does it become?
Descending palatine nerve becomes Greater palatine nerve
Greater palatine nerve innervation
- Mucosa of posterior part of hard palate
- Palatal gingiva of posterior teeth
Nerves that arise posterior to the Greater palatine foramen
Middle and Posterior (lesser) palatine nerves enter the palate through the lesser palatine foramen to spread posteriorly to supply the tonsils and mucosa of the soft palate
Long branch of Pterygopalatine nerve that runs along roof of nasal cavity
- Nasopalatine nerve
- Runs along nasal septum->enters bone of palate->arises in anterior palate through incisive foramen
Nasopalatine nerve Innervates
-Soft tissue of the nasal septum and gingiva
-Palatal soft tissue lingual to the anterior teeth