Spinal Nerves And Cranial Nerves Flashcards
_______+________= spinal nerve
Posterior (sensory) root + Anterior (motor) root
Spinal nerve divides into?
Posterior ramus and anterior ramus
Anterior or posterior ramus is larger?
Anterior
What does the posterior Rami innervate?
Intrinsic back muscles and skin above
What does anterior Rami innervate?
Muscles and skin that posterior Rami doesn’t innervate.
31 pairs of spinal nerves.
8 cervical 12 thoracic 5 lumbar 5 sacral 1 coccygeal
The spinal nerve is named in Thoracic lumbar sacral and coccygeal regions…
Named for vertebra above
Cranial nerve I
Name, passageway, function
Olfactory
Cribriform plate
Special Sensory only (smell)
Cranial nerve II
Name , passageway, function
Optic
Optic canal
Special sensory only (sight)
Cranial Nerve III
Name , passageway, function
Oculomotor
Superior orbital fissure
Motor only
(somatic and *parasympathetic)
Somatic: superior, medial and inferior rectus
Inferior oblique
Parasympathetic: to sphincter pupillae and ciliary muscles
4 motor extraocular muscles
Superior rectus
Medial rectus
Inferior rectus
Inferior oblique
Where do the 2 parasympathetic oculomotor nerves go to?
Sphincter pupillae (control dialation and opposite) Ciliary muscles (lens portion)
Cranial nerve IV
Name , passageway, function
Trochlear
Superior orbital fissure
Motor only (somatic)
(Controls superior oblique muscle)
Cranial nerve V
Name , passageway, function
Trigeminal
V1: Ophthalmic
Superior orbital fissure
Sensory (general) only
V2: Maxillary
Foramen rotundum
Sensory (general) only
V3: mandibular
Foramen ovale
Both somatic motor and general sensory
Cranial nerve VI
Name , passageway, function
Abducens
Superior orbital fissure
Motor only (somatic)
Innervates lateral rectus
Cranial nerve VII
Name , passageway, function
Facial
Enters: internal acoustic meatus
Exits: stylomastoid foramen
Somatic- motor
Parasympathetic- (visceral motor)
Somatic: zygomaticus orbicularis oculi, orbicularis oris etc.
Parasympathetic (visceral motor): lacrimal gland, submandibular and sublingual glads
General (sensory): skin around hole in ear.
Special (sensory): to toungue. Taste to anterior 2/3rds of toungue.
Parasympathetic glands that CN VII controls
Lacrimal gland
Submandibular and sublingual glands
Cranial nerve VIII
Name , passageway, function
Vestibulocochlear Internal acoustic meatus Special sensory balance and hearing Balance - vestibular branch Hearing - cochlear branch
Heads toward brainstem (medulla oblongata)
Cranial nerve IX
Name , passageway, function
Glossopharyngeal Jugular foramen Both motor and sensory Somatic (to stylopharyngeus muscle) and parasympathetic (to parotid gland)
General sensory around ear, inner ear and pharynx
Special sensory (taste) on 1/3 posterior of tongue
Cranial nerve X
Name , passageway, function
(Wanderer) Vagus
Jugular foramen
Both motor and sensory
Somatic (motor): muscles of pharynx
Parasympathetic (motor): smooth muscle of trachea, bronchi, digestive tract, cardiac muscle
Visceral (general sensory): pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, heart, esophagus, stomach and intestines
Special (sensory): taste on the epiglottis
Cranial nerve XI
Name , passageway, function
Accessory or spinal accessory
Jugular foramen
Motor only (somatic)
SCM and traps
Cranial nerve XII
Name , passageway, function
Hypoglossal
Hypoglossal canal
Motor only (somatic)
Muscles of tongue
___ ___ innervates common fibular division
and tibial division (lumbosacral plexus)
Sciatic nerve
C5-T1 is what nerve?
Brachial plexus
How many pairs of spinal nerves?
31
s and regions of spinal nerves
Cervical 8 Thoracic 12 Lumbar 5 Sacral 5 Coccygeal 1
Where is the C8 spinal nerve?
Between C7 and T1