Nerves Flashcards
Olfactory nerve (CN I)
- Not a single nerve but nummerous nonmyelinated AXONS
Location:
- Cellbodies located within
OLFACTORY epithelium
- AXONS pass through: CRIBRIFORM PLATE of ethmoid —> OLFAcTORY bulb where they SYNAPSE
Terminal Nerve:
From VOMERONASAL organ is combined with OLFACtORy n.
- This thin nerve end in rostral part of RHINENCEPHALON
OPTIC NERVE (CN II)
Is not s true peripheral nerve
—> but a TRaCt of the Brain
ORIGIN: The fibers of the optic nerve originates from RETINA
—> DEVELOPING from DIENCEPHALON
OPTiC nerve also Enclosed by extensions of the MENINGES, DURA.
AXONS Of the optic n. Accumulates at the OPTIC DISC At the RETINA
Enters CRANiAL cavity by OPTIC CANAL
Fibers DECUSSATE at the OPTIC CHIASM!
= forms optic tracts at the base of the Brain
TERMINATION og optic fibers
1. Nucleus Geniculatus lateralis
2. Rostral colliculi of Quadrigeminal plate
3. Nucl. Thalmicus
Where they synapse with fibers which Projects into VISUAL CEREBRAL CORTEX in OCCiPiTaL Lobe!
OCCULOMOTOR N (III)
Consist of:
- SOMaTIC EFFERENT fibers
- from the MOTOR Nucleus= Principal Nucleus of this nerve! - VISCERAL EFFERENT neurons
- from PARASYMPH Nucleus
Location:
Within TEGMENTUM of the midBrain
EXITS Brainstem: CEREBRAL PEDUNCLES (Ventral aspect)
Leaves Cranial cavity through:
FORAMEN ROTUNDUM / or combination:
FISSURA ORBITALIS+FOR.ORBITOROTUNDUM
On entering the ORBIT—> DORSAL and Ventral branch.
DORSAL:
- Innervates M.Levator Palpebrae and ends on M. rectus dorsalis
VENTRAL:
- Terminates in Numbers of branches which innervates the:
M. Rectus Medialis
M. Rectus Ventralis and
M. OBLIQUE Ventralis
PARASYMPATHETIC fibers run within the Ventral branch and SYNAPSES with
- POSTGANGLIONIC neurons in the CILIARY GANGLION located at the origin of the branch of Ventral OBLIQUE Muscle.
- POSTGANGLIONIC fibers innervates the CILLIARY M and the Spchincter Pupillary Muscle = Responsible for CONSTRICTION of the pupil!
OCULOMOTOR N: includes some SENSORY FIBERS which joins the Opthalmic branch of the TRIGEMINAL nerve and Extend to the TRIGEMINAL Ganglion
TROCHLEAR NERVE (CN IV)
Trochlear nerve consist of MOTOR fibers that arise from the trochlear NUCLEI in the TEGMENTUM of the Midbrain.
INNERVATES: Dorsal oblique m. of the EYE
ONLY nerve that emerges from the DORSAL ASPECT of the BRAINSTEM.
After crossing the contralateral side of the TRAOCHLEAR DECCUSSATION
- Trochlear nerve penetrates the DURA MATER at the ventral fold of the TENTORIUM CEREBELLI –> passes rostrally, laterally to MAXILLARY N.
LEAVES the CRANIAL CAVITY through the
FORAMEN ROTUNDUM, Ø in EQ = A seprerate opening : FORAMEN TROCHLEARE.
The nerve comprises a few SENSORY FIBERS.
TRIGEMINAL N (V)
= A Complex nerve of the mixed type = LARGEST sensory nerve of the HEAD Composed of: - Sensory fibers: FROM the Skin and deeper tissues of the head and - Motor fibers TO the: 1. MASTICATORY muscle 2. MYLOHYOID muscle 3. Rostral portion of DIGASTRICUS muscle. 4. Tensor muscle of SOFT PALATE 5. Tensor TYMPANI Muscle.
- MOTOR NUCLEUS of the TRIGEMINAL NERVE:
is found in the METENCEPHALON, deep to the locus caerulus of the FOSSA RHOMBOIDEA. - SENSORY fibers arise from PSEUDOUNIPOLAR neurons of the TRIGEMINAL GANGLION and pass –> Sensory trigeminal NUCLEI in the MESENCEPHALON, PONS and SPINE.
NUCLEI of MESENCEPHALIC TRACTS of the trigeminal nerve consist of: PSEUDOUNIPOLAR Neurons.
- Pass through the trigeminal ganglion WHITOUT synapsing.
- This nucleus takes over the role of a sensory ganglion within the brain.
TRIGEMINAL NERVE Emerges on the LATERAL aspect of the RADIX MOTORIA.
TRIGEMINAL GANGLION: is located in a dural fold within the PETROSAL bone.
The nerve LEAVES the Trigeminal Ganglion, it divides:
- N. OPTHALMICUS (V1)
- N. MAXILLARIS (V2)
- N. MANDIBULARIS (V3)
ABDUCENT NERVE VI
Provides MOTOR INNERVATION to the:
- LATERAL RECTUS BULBI MUSCLE and the:
- LATERAL QUARTER of RETRACTOR BULBI M. of the EYEBALL
Its FIBERS ORIGINATE:
In the MOTORNUCLEUS of this nerve in the dorsal part of the PONS, where MOTOR FIBERS of the FACIAL NERVE arch around it.
EMERGES on the rostral end of the lateral ventral GROOVE of the MO
LEAVES The CRANIAL CAVITY through the FORAMEN ROTUNDUM or the FISSURA ORBITALIS.
FACIAL NERVE (VII)
The axons of the facial nerve arise from two seperate nuclei in MO,
MOTOR NUCLEUS is located:
VENTRAL part of ROSTRAL MO, close to the PONS.
- Fibers from this nucleus run dorsally, around the ABDUCENT nucleus to curve ventrally again.
- PREGANGLIONIC parasympathetic fibers of the facial nerve ORIGINATES in the PARASYMPATHETIC NUCL.
= Located caudal to the MOTOR NUCLEUS.
MOTOR+PARASYMPH fibers unite just distal to there emergence of the brainstem, lateral to the TRAPEZOID Body = FORMS ROOTS of FACIAL NERVE.
Joined by sensory fibers from the GENICULATE GGL.
FACIAL N. passes to the: INTERNAL ACCOUSTIC MEATUS, accompanied by the VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR N.
ENTERS FACIAL CANAL , passage within the PETROUS TEMPORAL bone. With the GENU of the facial n, the nerve is enlarged to form GENICULATE GGL at the summit of the bend.
BONY Wall of the FACIAL CANAL have slit-like openings towards TYMPANIC CAVITY. In this location, the FACIAL NERVE is separated from the MIDDLE EAR only by MUCOSAL LINING the TYMPANIC CAVITY.
Thus FACIAL nerve paralysis is offen associated with infections in the middle ear.
FACIAL N (VII) Gives off which branches
- N. PETROSUS MAJOR
- mainly composed of parasymph. fibers –> Forming the synapses in the PTERYGOPALATINE GANGLION.
POSTGANGLIONIC FIBERS innervates:
a. Lacrimal Gland
b. Nasal Gland
c. Palatine Gland - N. STAPEDIUS
- Provides motor innervation to the M.Stapedius in the middle ear. - CHORDA TYMPANI within the facial Canal.
- Encloses the tympanic cavity
VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR N (VIII)
Provides SENSORY innervation ONLY
- composed of VESTIBULAR N.
—> relation with BALANCE and COCHLEAR N.
COCHLEAR N—> HEARING
- Vestibular nerve Connects the vestibular apparatus of the INNER EAR and BRAIN. Location of Bipolar neurons 1. Vestibular ganglion (within FUNDUS of meatus ACCUSTICUS internus) Peripheral fibers arise 2. CRISTAE AMpULLARES 3. Maculae Of the membranous labyrint
COCHLEAR nerve Transmitter impulses from EAR —> Brain = HEARING Spiral ganglion Haircells: ORGAN of CORTI
CoClear root + vestibular root —> Enters the TRAPEZOID body to terminates in MO! (Ventral and DORSAL COCHLEAR Nuclei)
CoClear nucleis are the starting points for the AUDITORY PATHWAY
Auditory PATHWAY
Intro:
COCHLEAR + VESTIBULAR ROOT —> Enter TRAPEZOID BODY to terminate within the MO in the….
- DORSAL and VENTRAL COCHLEAR Nucl
- After deccusating, the fibers pass through the MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY and the CAUDAL COLLICULI of the QUADRIGEMINAL plate.
- They ascend with the LATERAL LEMINISCUS to reach the ….
- CEREBRAL CORTEX, where they project ONTO the…
- ACOUSTIC AREA of the TEMPORAL LOBES
GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL N (IX)
A mixed nerve: S+M
MOTOR: Rostral part of the Nucleus AMBIGUUS of the MO
The Nucleus AMBIGUUS constitutes a common site origin of IX and X fibers.
PARASYMPATHETIC fibers arise from PARASYMPATHETIC Nucleus of GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL N.
IX. Nerve arise from: ventrolat asp of MO
—> in close relation to vagus(X) and Accessory N(XI). = VAGUS group
Provides:
SENSOrY INNeRvATIOn —> middle ear+caudal third of Tongue + together with vagus —> PHarYnX
MOTOR innervation —> Dilator of PHARYNX(M.stylopharyngeus) and probably muscles of the soft palate.
SENSORY NEURONS:
Located in the PETROSAL Ggl, devided into:
1. Proximal part
2. Distal part
At the level of the distal ganglion —> Minor petrosal Nerves arise and give off small branches to the TYMPANIC PLEXUS and AUDITORY TUBE.
- It leaves the Tympanic cavity to end in the OTIC GANGLION —> Postganglionic SECRETORIUS fibers continues to the PAROTID and BUCCAL GLands.
Main trunk detatches a branch to the Carotid SINUS —> innervates baroreceptors to the carotid bulb and chemoreceptors in the body.
GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL N. TERMINATEs by deviding into —>
- Lingual branch —> Sensory caudal third of Tongue.
- PHARYNGEAL Branch —> plexus (vagus also contributes)
GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL N. Recieves SYMPATHETIC fibers from CRANIAL CERVICAL ggl.
GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL N.
In HORSES
GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL N. Passes through the medial compartment of guttoural pouch, in a COMMON FOLD with the HYPOGLOSSAL N.
Inflamation of the guttoural poch may cause damage to these Nerves.
= CHARACTERISED by difficulties in swallowing
VAGUS N (X)
Vagus nerve is NOT restricted to the head like the other Cranial N.
—> Widespread distribution to innervate the: VISCERA of
THORACIC and ABDOMINAL CAVITIES
Largest parasymph nerve of the ANS
Mixed n: Motor, Sensory and parasym fibers
1. Motor Fibers: Arrise in the caudal part of the NUCLEUS AMBIGUUS of the MO - joined by additional fibers from the ACCESSORY n.
- Sensory: The Cellbodies of the Pseudounipolar sensory neurons are located in the PROX.GGL of the VAGUS N.
- Parasymph preganglionic fibers: Cellbodies are located i the PARASYMPH NUCL of the Vagus n. –> Lies immediate caudally to the one for the GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL n. in MO
- -> Long fibers Terminating in the INTRAMURAL Ganglia of thoracic and abdominal VISCERA.
- -> Parasymph branches of the head synapse in the DISTAL Ganglion. Located at the detachment of the cranial laryngeal nerve.
PROXIMAL GANGLION of the vagus n is located within the FORAMEN JUGULARE.
DETACHMENT of the vagus nerve:
PARASYMPH/CRANIAL PART OF VAGUS N
- Meningeal branch
- Auricular branch
- Pharyngeal Branch –> Pharyngeal plexus
- Cranial Laryngeal N:
SYMPHATETIC:
The vagus nerve Receives sympathetic fibers from the Cranial Cervical Ganglion.
DISTAL CERVICAL GANGLION: Visuable?
In DOG, CAT & PIG macroscopically
in HORSE OX and SHEEP microscopically
CERVICAL PART OF THE VAGUS N.
- Begins after the detachment of the cranial laryngeal n.
- Dorsolaterally to the Common carotid a.
COMMON fascial sheet + sympathetic trunk
= constituting the VAGOSYMPATHETIC TRUNK.
At the THORACIC INLET:
The vagus SEPARATES from the SYMPATHETIC TRUNK, PROXIMAL to the MIDDLE CERVICAL Ggl.
THORACIC PART OF THE VAGUS N.
Continues ventral to the SUBCLAVIAN artery
- CARDIAC branches –> cardiac plexus
- Together with the Sympathetic fibers from
–>MIDDLE CERVICAL Ggl.
–> STELLATE Ggl.
- CAUDAL (reccurent) LARYNGEAL NERVE
a. RIGHT CAUDAL LARYNGEAL N.
The LEFT VAGUS, gives rise to the:
b. LEFT CAUDAL (recurrent) nerve
- BOTALLI´S LIGAMENT.
- Its axons, are one of the longest in the body.
- The 2 CAUDAL LARYNGEAL N
= MOTOR to all muscles of the larynx, except M.CRICOTHYROIDEA. - PARALYSIS of LEFT CAUDAL LARYNGEAL N = “Roaring” in Horses.
VAGAL TRUNK
- GIVE of BRONCHIAL BRANCHES
- Pass through the HIATUS OESOPHAGEA of the Diaphragma.
- Continues as the ABDOMINAL VAGUS N.
- Join the Sympathetic fibers = formation of neural plexus
= Innervation of VISCERAL ORGANS.
PROXIMAL GANGLION location?
Within the FORAMEN JUGULARE.
DETACHMENT of the vagus nerve:
PARASYMPH/CRANIAL PART OF VAGUS N.
- Meningeal branch
- Auricular branch (joins a branch from the VII–>skin)
Only branch of the vagus that innervates the SKIN.
(1+2: Close to the jugular foramen). - Pharyngeal Branch –> Joins the Glossopharyngeal branch in the formation of the PHARYNGEAL PLEXUS.
sensory to the mucosa of:
a. Epiglottis
b. Trachea
c. Oesophagus.
(Branches for Constrictors of the pharynx + roof of tongue arise from Pharyngeal plexus) - Cranial Laryngeal N:
Arrise from the vagus n. at the DISTAL GANGLION.
= Marks the end of the cranial portion of the vagus n.
It passes to the larynx, where it decides into a:
a. External -> Caudal pharyngeal constrictors
b. Internal branch -> Sensory to the LARYNX
Before the bifurcation, the cranial laryngeal nerve detaches the DEPRESSOR branch, that run either ALONE or together with the VAGOSYMPATHETIC TRUNK –> CARDIAC PLEXUS
= Action is to slow down the HEART RATE
VAGUS
SYMPHATETIC:
The vagus nerve Receives sympathetic fibers from the Cranial Cervical Ganglion.
DISTAL CERVICAL GANGLION: Visuable?
In DOG, CAT & PIG macroscopically
in HORSE OX and SHEEP microscopically
CERVICAL PART OF THE VAGUS N.
Begins after the detachment of the cranial laryngeal n. It continues along the neck, dorsolaterally to the Common carotid a, enclosed in common fascial sheet with the sympathetic trunk. constituting the VAGOSYMPATHETIC TRUNK.
At the THORACIC INLET:
The vagus SEPARATES from the SYMPATHETIC TRUNK, PROXIMAL to the MIDDLE CERVICAL Ggl.
THORACIC PART OF THE VAGUS N.
Continues ventral to the SUBCLAVIAN artery to ENTER the MEDIASTINUM, where it detaches CARDIAC branches that pass to the cardiac plexus, together with the Sympathetic fibers from the MIDDLE CERVICAL Ggl. and the STELLATE Ggl.
- CAUDAL (reccurent) LARYNGEAL NERVE
The LARGE caudal laryngeal nerve is detached within the THORAX.
a. RIGHT CAUDAL LARYNGEAL N.
- arrises at the level of the arterial COSTOCERVICAL TRUNK.
- Turns around the RIGHT SUBCLAVIAN A.
- Acsends along the TRACHEA to the end at the LARYNX
The LEFT VAGUS, gives rise to the:
b. LEFT CAUDAL (recurrent) nerve at the level of BOTALLI´S LIGAMENT.
- ARCHES around the AORTA, where it comes in close contact with the TRACHEOBRONCHAL Ln.
- Continues cranially along the TRACHEA to the LARYNX, medial to the common carotid a. Its axons, are one of the longest in the body.
The 2 CAUDAL LARYNGEAL N
= MOTOR to all muscles of the larynx, except M.CRICOTHYROIDEA. and Sensory to the mucosa of the caudal part of the larynx.
- Detaches cardiac branches right after their origin + small br. to the oesophageal and trachea along their cervical passage.
PARALYSIS of LEFT CAUDAL LARYNGEAL N = “Roaring” in Horses.
VAGAL TRUNK
Continues to the root of the lung, where it decides into dorsal and ventral branches, which unites with their counterparts of the opposite side of the oesophagus to form the dorsal and ventral vagal trunks.
- GIVE of BRONCHIAL BRANCHES
- Pass through the HIATUS OESOPHAGEA of the Diaphragma.
- Continues as the ABDOMINAL VAGUS N.
- Upon reaching the abdominal cavity, it spreads out to join the Sympathetic fibers in the formation of a neural plexus, responsible for the Innervation of VISCERAL ORGANS.
CERVICAL PART OF THE VAGUS N.
Begins after the detachment of the cranial laryngeal n. It continues along the neck, dorsolaterally to the Common carotid a, enclosed in common fascial sheet with the sympathetic trunk. constituting the VAGOSYMPATHETIC TRUNK.
- Cranial Laryngeal N:
Arrise from the vagus n. at the DISTAL GANGLION.
= Marks the end of the cranial portion of the vagus n.
It passes to the larynx, where it decides into a:
a. External -> Caudal pharyngeal constrictors
b. Internal branch -> Sensory to the LARYNX
Before the bifurcation, the cranial laryngeal nerve detaches the DEPRESSOR branch, that run either ALONE or together with the VAGOSYMPATHETIC TRUNK –> CARDIAC PLEXUS
= Action is to slow down the HEART RATE
At the THORACIC INLET:
The vagus SEPARATES from the SYMPATHETIC TRUNK, PROXIMAL to the MIDDLE CERVICAL Ggl.
THORACIC PART OF THE VAGUS N.
Continues ventral to the SUBCLAVIAN artery to ENTER the MEDIASTINUM, where it detaches CARDIAC branches that pass to the cardiac plexus, together with the Sympathetic fibers from the MIDDLE CERVICAL Ggl. and the STELLATE Ggl.
- CAUDAL (reccurent) LARYNGEAL NERVE
The LARGE caudal laryngeal nerve is detached within the THORAX.
a. RIGHT CAUDAL LARYNGEAL N.
- arrises at the level of the arterial COSTOCERVICAL TRUNK.
- Turns around the RIGHT SUBCLAVIAN A.
- Acsends along the TRACHEA to the end at the LARYNX
The LEFT VAGUS, gives rise to the:
b. LEFT CAUDAL (recurrent) nerve at the level of BOTALLI´S LIGAMENT.
- ARCHES around the AORTA, where it comes in close contact with the TRACHEOBRONCHAL Ln.
- Continues cranially along the TRACHEA to the LARYNX, medial to the common carotid a. Its axons, are one of the longest in the body.
The 2 CAUDAL LARYNGEAL N
= MOTOR to all muscles of the larynx, except M.CRICOTHYROIDEA. and Sensory to the mucosa of the caudal part of the larynx.
- Detaches cardiac branches right after their origin + small br. to the oesophageal and trachea along their cervical passage.
PARALYSIS of LEFT CAUDAL LARYNGEAL N = “Roaring” in Horses.