OCB04-2003 Flashcards
What do the cranial nerves serve and where do they connect to the CNS?
Head and neck
Attach at forebrain and brainstem
What do the spinal nerves serve and where do they connect to the CNS?
Below neck
Attach at spinal cord
Describe the sensory and motor column nuclei.
Column nuclei are groups of neurons
Sensory column nuclei receive peripheral sensory info (similar to DRG)
Motor column nuclei receive info from cortex and deliver it to the head and neck (similar to ventral part of spinal cord)
How many pairs of cranial nerves are there?
12
What is the name of the first cranial nerve?
Olfactory nerve
What is the name of the second cranial nerve?
Optic nerve
What is the name of the third cranial nerve?
Oculomotor nerve
What is the name of the fourth cranial nerve?
Trochlear nerve
What is the name of the fifth cranial nerve?
Trigeminal nerve
What is the name of the sixth cranial nerve?
Abducens nerve
What is the name of the seventh cranial nerve?
Facial nerve
What is the name of the eighth cranial nerve?
Vestibulocochlear nerve
What is the name of the ninth cranial nerve?
Glossopharyngeal nerve
What is the name of the tenth cranial nerve?
Vagus nerve
What is the name of the eleventh cranial nerve?
(Spinal) accessory nerve
What is the name of the twelfth cranial nerve?
Hypoglossal nerve
Which cranial nerve emerges from the dorsal aspect of the brainstem?
Trochlear nerve (C.IV)
What structure is often considered the relay station of all nerve fibres?
Thalamus
Do sensory ganglia contain synapses?
No
Which cranial nerves arise from the pons?
Trigeminal (C.V)
Abducens (C.VI)
Facial (C.VII)
Which cranial nerve arises from the inner ear? Where does it travel to?
Vestibulocochlear (C.VIII)
Cerebellopontine angle
Which cranial nerves attach at the medulla oblongata?
Glossopharyngeal (C.IX)
Vagus (C.X)
Accessory (C.XI)
Hypoglossal (C.XII)
Where does the olfactory nerve enter the cranium?
Cribriform plate
What is transmitted via the cribriform plate?
Olfactory nerve (C.I)
Meninges
Where does the optic nerve enter the cranium?
Optic canal
What is transmitted by the optic canal?
Optic nerve (C.II)
Ophthalmic artery
Where do the cranial nerves associated with eye movement leave the cranium?
Superior orbital fissure
Which cranial nerves are associated with eye movement?
Oculomotor (C.III)
Trochlear (C.IV)
Abducens (C.VI)
What is transmitted by the superior orbital fissue?
Oculomotor (C.III)
Trochlear (C.IV)
Ophthalmic division of trigeminal (V1)
Abducens (C.VI)
Ophthalmic veins
Where does V2 enter the cranium?
Foramen rotundum