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1
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What structure

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Olfactory nerve
(CN 1)

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What foramen or fissure pass through

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Olfactory foramina of cribiform plate

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What function

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Sensory for special sense of smell
Olfactory nerve

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What structure

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Optic nerve
(CN 2)

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What foramen or fissure nerve pass through

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Optic canal
(optic foramen)

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What function

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Sensory of special sense of vision

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What structure

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Oculomotor nerve
(CN 3)

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What foramen or fissure nerve pass through

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Superior orbital fissure

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What function

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Motor to superior, medial, inferior rectus, inferior oblique, upper eyelid

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What structure

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Trochlear nerve
(CN 4)

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What foramen or fissure nerve pass through

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Superior orbital fissure

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What function

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Superior oblique

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What structure

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Trigeminal nerve
(CN 5)
(contains 3 branches)

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What structure

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Trigeminal nerve – Ophthalmic branch
(CN 5)

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What foramen or fissure nerve pass through

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Superior orbital fissure

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What function

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Sensory from scalp, forehead, nose, upper eyelid, cornea

(Nasal cannula on with oxygen)

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What structure

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Trigeminal nerve – Maxillary branch
(CN 5)

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What foramen or fissure nerve pass through

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Foramen rotundum

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What function

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Sensory from palate, upper jaw, upper teeth and gums, nasopharynx, nasal cavity, skin and mucous membranes of cheek, lower eye lid, upper lip

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What structure

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Trigeminal nerve – Mandibular branch
(CN 5)

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What foramen or fissure nerve pass through

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Foramen ovale

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What function

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Sensory from lower jaw, lower teeth and gums, anterior 2/3 tongue, mucous membranes from cheek, lower lip, skin of cheek and chin, auricle (outer ear), temporal region;
Motor to masication muscle, soft palate, throat, middle ear (tensor tympani)

(Cheshire Cat smile)

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What structure

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Abducens Nerve
(CN 6)

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What foramen or fissure nerve pass through

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Superior orbital fissure

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What function
Motor to lateral rectus (Abduct your visual scenes)
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What structure
Facial nerve (CN 7)
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What foramen or fissure nerve pass through
Internal auditory meatus and stylomastoid foramen
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What function
Sensory from special sense of taste on anterior 2/3 of tongue motor to facial muscles, throat muscles, middle ear muscle (stapedius)
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What structure
Vestibulocochlear nerve (CN 8)
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What foramen or fissure nerve pass through
Internal acoustic meatus
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What function
Sensory for special senses of hearing and balance
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What structure
Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN 9)
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What foramen or fissure nerve pass through
Jugular foramen
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What function
Sensory for special sense of taste on posterior 1/3 of tongue, sensory of pharynx, palatine tonsils, middle ear, carotid sinus, carotid body Motor to stylopharyngeus (a pharyngeal muscle)
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What structure
Vagus nerve (CN 10)
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What foramen or fissure nerve pass through
Jugular foramen
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What function
Sensory from inferior pharynx, larynx, thoracic and abdominal organs, special sense of taste from posterior tongue motor to soft palate, pharynx, laryngeal muscles that produce voice, and an extrinsic tongue muscle
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What structure
Accessory nerve (CN 11)
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What foramen or fissure nerve pass through
Foramen magnum; jugular foramen
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What function
Motor to sternocleidomastoid and trapezius (Trapeze artist is an accessory to a crime)
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What structure
Hypoglossal nerve (CN 12)
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What foramen or fissure nerve pass through
Hypoglossal canal
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What function
Motor to the intrinsic and extrinsic (the muscles that lower the base of your tongue) tongue muscles and throat muscles (When saying “ahh” to show doc your throat your tongue goes hypo)
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Spinal nerves
All spinal nerves are mixed (formed from a dorsal and ventral root) contains sensory and motor axons from dorsal and ventral root
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Dorsal root
Transmits sensory stimuli from PNS to CNS
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Ventral root
Transmits somatic and viceral motor signals from CNS to PNS (Venting out a room)
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What structure
Spinal nerve
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What structure
Ventral root
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What structure
Dorsal root
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What structure
Dorsal root ganglion
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What structure
Spinal nerve
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What structure
Posterior ramus (dorsal branch)
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What structure
Anterior ramus (ventral branch)
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What structure
Ramus communicans (visceral branch)
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What nerves
Cervical nerves (C1-C8)
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What nerves
Thoracic nerves (T1-T12)
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What nerves
Lumbar nerves (L1-L5)
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What nerves
Sacral nerves (S1-S5)
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What nerve
Coccygeal nerve (1 on either side)
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What nerve
Ulnar nerve
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What nerve
Median nerve
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What nerve
Radial nerve
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What nerve
Axillary nerve
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What nerve
Phrenic nerve
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What nerve
Femoral nerve
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What nerve
Sciatic nerve
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What nerve
Common fibular nerve
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What nerve
Tibial nerve
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What structures
Sympathetic chain ganglia (from superior cerical to inferior sacral ganglion)

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