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Peripheral Nervous System Flashcards

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Parts of Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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  • cranial nerves
  • spinal nerves
  • Autonomic nervous system
    • sympathetic branch
    • parasympathetic branch
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The PNS is a collection of nerves outside the _____ ______ and skull

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spinal column and skull

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nervous system that carries sensory and motor impulses back and forth fromt he brain to various parts of the body

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PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

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Three types of nerves in the PNS

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  1. Cranial (12)
  2. Spinal (31 pairs)
  3. Autonomic
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Cranial Nerves

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    • I - Olfactory
    • II - Optic
    • III - Oculomotor
    • IV - Trochlear
    • V - Trigeminal
    • VI - Abducens
    • VII - Facial
    • VIII - Vestibulocochlear
    • IX Glossopharyngeal
    • X - Vagus
    • XI - Spinal accessory
    • XII - Hypoglossal
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Cranial Nerve I

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Olfactory

Smell (sensory)

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CN II

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Optic

Vision (sensory)

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CN III

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Oculomotor

Eye movement (motor)

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CN IV

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Trochlear

Eye movement (motor)

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CN V

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Trigeminal

Face (sensory); Jaw (motor)

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CN VI

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Abducens

Eye movement (motor)

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CN VII

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Facial

Tongue (sensory); face (motor)

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CN VIII

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Vestibulocochlear

Hearing and balance (sensory)

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CN IX

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Glossopharyngeal

Tongue and pharynx (sensory); pharynx only (motor)

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CN X

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Vagus

Larynx, respiratory, cardiac and gastrointestinal systems

(sensory and motor)

https://youtu.be/bNPfjLnnJzA

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16
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CN XI

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Spinal accessory

Shoulder, arm, and throat movements (motor)

17
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CN XII

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Hypoglossal

Mostly tongue movement (motor)

18
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Which Cranial Nerves are involved with speech, language and hearing?

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V, VII, XII

Vagus, Facial, Hypoglossal

19
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3 sensory branches of CN V

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  1. Opthalmic - sensory branches for nose, eyes, forehead
  2. Maxillary - sensory branches from nose, upperlip, maxilla, upper cheek, upper teeth, maxillary sinus, nasopharynx, palate
  3. Mandibular - from mandible, lower teeth, lower lip, tongue, part of the cheeck and part of external ear
  • transmits tactile, pain, and temperature but not taste stimuli from anterior two-thirds of tongue
  • Also has motor fibers that innervate various jaw muscles, including temporalis, lateral & medial pterygoids, masseter, tensor veli palatini, tensor tympani, mylohyoid, anterior belly of digastric
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Sign of unilateral upper motor neuron lesions to cranial nerve V

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  • minimally impacts motor function because CN V is bilaterally innervated
  • will cause jaw to deviate towards affected side when mouth is closed
21
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Bilateral damage to cranial nerve V

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  • inability to close mouth
  • difficulty chewing
  • Trigeminal neuralgia - sharp pain in facial area
22
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CN V is a motor nerve

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False

its a motor and sensory nerve (mixed nerve)

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CN VII is a mixed nerve

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True

Sensory fibers are responsible for taste sensations on the anterior two thirds of the tongue

Motor fibers innervate muscles important to facial expression and speech

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Unilateral upper motor neuron lesion to CN VII will only paralyze the lower face

T/F

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TRUE

the upper portion of the face is bilaterally innervated so unilateral UMN damage would result in paralysis only to lower face

25
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Inability to move the upper and lower face resulting in mask-like appearance with miniml or no facial expression indicates damage to what cranial nerve?

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Cranial Nerve VII - Facial

indicates bilateral damage to facial nerve

26
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When there is a sign of unilateral damage to the facial nerve?

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A smile drawn to the undamaged side

27
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Glossopharngeal Nerve CN IX is a mixed nerve

T/F

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True

it has sensory, motor, and autonomic components

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Functions of sensory component of CN IX glossopharyngeal

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  • assists in processing taste sensations from the posterior third of tongue
  • provides sensation for tympanic cavity, ear canal, eustachian tube, faucial pillars, tonsils, soft palate, and pharynx
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Functions of motor fibers of glossopharyngeal nerve CN IX

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  • innervates the stylopharyngeus - a muscle that raises and dilates the pharynx.
  • May innervate the superior pharyngeal constrictor
  • Supplies motor fibers to pharyngeal plexus along with CNX that innervates the upper pharyngeal constrictor muscles.
30
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Signs of lesions in glossopharyngeal nerve

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  • difficulty in swallowing
  • unilateral loss of gag reflex
  • loss of taste and sensation from posterior third of tongue
31
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CN X Vagus is a mixed nerve

T/F

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True

  • contains motor, sensory and autonomic fibers
  • called a wandering “vagus” nerve cause it extends from neck into chest and stomach
  • Motor fibers supply the digestive system, heart, lungs, pharynx, and larynx
  • Sensory- conveys info from digestive system, heart, trachea and bronchi, lower pharynx, larynx, and epiglottis.
    • transmits pain, touch and temperature sense from skin covering the tympanic membrane and ear canal.
    • Includes RLN and SLN, pharyngeal branch
32
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Branch of the vagus nerve that regulates the intrinsic muscles of the larynx, excluding the cricothyroid; The left side courses uner the heart and back up to the esophagus, trachea and larynx

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Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve (RLN)

33
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Damage to this branch of the vagus nerve during thyroid surgery can result in total or partial paralysis fo the vocal folds;

Damage to its left branch during cardiac surgery can result in paresis or paralysis of the left vocal fold

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Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

(RLN)

34
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The branch of the vagus nerve that supplies the pharyngeal constrictors and all the muscles of the velum except the tensor veli palatini;

It also transmits sensory information from the base of tongue and pharynx

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Pharyngeal Branch

35
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Branch of vagus nerve that is divided into internal (sensory) and external (motor) branches

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SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE (SLN)

  • Internal - receives sensory information from the larynx above the vocal folds
  • External - innervates the cricothyroid muscle; damage to this branch results in inability to change pitch
36
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Signs of Damage to Vagus Nerve

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Due to its extensive course, damage to vagus nerve includes a variety of sequelae

  • difficulty swallowing
  • paralysis of velum (resulting in nasality issues)
  • voice problems (aphonia, hoarseness, breathiness, roughness) if RLN is damaged
37
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Motor Nerve that runs under the tongue

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CN XII Hypoglossal Nerve

38
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Cranial nerve that supplies all extrinsic tongue muscles except for palatoglossus muscle; and supplies all intrinsic muscles of tongue.

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CN XII Hypoglossal

39
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Signs of damage to CN XII

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Lesions to hypoglossal nerve can result in :

  • tongue paralysis
  • diminished intelligibility
  • swallowing problems

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