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Nerves Of The Neck Flashcards

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Glossopharyngeal nerve branches

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  1. Tympanic nerve
  2. Branch to carotid sinus
  3. Pharyngeal branch
  4. Branch to stylopharyngeus
  5. Tonsillar branch
  6. Lingual branch
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Tympanic nerve supplies

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Sensory to tympanic cavity

Secretomotor to parotid gland

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Branch to carotid sinus supplies

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Sensory to carotid sinus and carotid body

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Pharyngeal branch of glossopharyngeal nerve supplies

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Sensory to pharynx

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Pharyngeal branch of glossopharyngeal nerve unites with what to form pharyngeal plexus

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Vagus and sympathetic trunk

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Branch to stylopharyngeus supplies

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Motor to stylopharyngeus muscle

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Tonsillar branch supplies

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Sensory to soft palate and to muscous membrane over tonsil

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Lingual branch supplies

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Taste and general sensation to posterior 1/3 of tongue

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9
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Vagus nerve branches

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  1. Meningeal branch
  2. Auricular branch
  3. Pharyngeal branch
  4. Superior laryngeal nerve
  5. Recurrent laryngeal nerve
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10
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Vagus nerve ganglia

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Superior (jugular) ganglion

Inferior (nodose) ganglion

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Superior jugular ganglion of vagus nerve location

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Jugular foramen

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Vagus nerve branches from superior ganglion

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Meningeal branch

Auricular branch

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13
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Vagus nerve branches from inferior ganglion

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Pharyngeal branch

Superior laryngeal nerve

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14
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Meningeal branch of vagus supplies

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Sensory to dura mater

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Auricular branch of vagus nerve supplies

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Sensory to auricle, floor of external auditory meatus, tympanic membrane

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Pharyngeal branch of vagus motor supply

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Muscles of pharynx and soft palate

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Most Fibers from pharyngeal branch of vagus originate from

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Cranial part of accessory nerve before joining vagus nerve

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Pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve joins with branches of what to form pharyngeal plexus

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Glossopharyngeal nerve and sympathetic trunk

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19
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Pharyngeal plexus is motor to

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Muscles of pharynx EXCEPT stylopharyngeus and muscles of soft palate EXCEPT tensor veli palatini

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Superior laryngeal nerve of vagus divides into

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Internal laryngeal nerve and external laryngeal nerve

21
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Internal laryngeal nerve supplies

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Sensory to mucous membrane of larynx

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External laryngeal nerve supplies

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Motor to cricothyroid and inferior constrictor muscles

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Recurrent laryngeal nerve sensory supply

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Sensory to mucous membrane of larynx and trachea

24
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Recurrent laryngeal nerve motor supply

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All muscles of larynx EXCEPT cricothyroid

25
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Accessory nerve formed by union of

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Cranial part and caudal part

26
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Cranial part of accessory nerve comes from

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Medulla oblongata

27
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Spinal part of accessory nerve comes from

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Sides of spinal cord

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Cranial part joins what other nerve

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Vagus nerve

29
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Cranial part gives vagus motor fibers to what two branches

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Pharyngeal branch of vagus (pharynx and soft palate)

Recurrent laryngeal nerve (larynx)

30
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Spinal part of accessory nerve supplies

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Motor to SCM and trapezius

31
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Hypoglossal nerve supplies

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Motor to tongue

32
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Hypoglossal nerve branches

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  1. Meningeal branches
  2. Superior root of ansa cervicalis
  3. Nerves to thyrohyoid and geniohyoid
  4. Lingual branches
33
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Meningeal branches of hypoglossal nerve supplies

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Dura mater

34
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Superior root of ansa cervicalis supplies

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Motor to infrahyoid muscles EXCEPT thyrohyoid

35
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Nerves to thyrohyoid and geniohyoid supplies

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Motor to thyrohyoid and geniohyoid muscles

36
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Lingual branches of hypoglossal nerve supplies

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Motor to extrinsic and intrinsic muscles of tongue

37
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Cervical sympathetic ganglia

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  1. Superior cervical ganglion
  2. Middle cervical ganglion
  3. Vertebral ganglion
  4. Cervicothoracic (stellate) ganglion
38
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Superior cervical ganglion location

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C1-C3 vertebral level

39
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Superior cervical ganglion branches

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Internal carotid nerve
Superior cervical cardiac nerve
Branches to pharyngeal plexus

40
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Middle cervical ganglion

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C6 cervical vertebra

41
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Middle cervical ganglion branch

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Middle cervical cardiac nerve

42
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Vertebral ganglion location

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C7 vertebral level

43
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Vertebral ganglion fused with

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Either middle or inferior cervical ganglion

44
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Cervicothoracic (stellate) ganglion location

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C7-T1 vertebral level

45
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Cervicothoracic (stellate) ganglion formed by

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Fusion of inferior cervical ganglion to 1st thoracic ganglion

46
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Cervicothoracic (stellate) ganglion branch

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Inferior cervical cardiac nerve

47
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Ansa subclavia connects what two ganglion

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Vertebral ganglion to cervicothoracic ganglion

48
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Ansa subclavia

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Nerve bundle loops anterior to subclavian artery

Gross II (29 decks)

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