Trigeminal Flashcards
What base of skull foramina does CNV1 pass through?
Superior orbital fissure
What base of skull foramina does CNV2 pass through?
Foramen rotundum
What base of skull foramina does CNV3 pass through?
Foramen ovale
What type of information is carried on CNV1?
Sensory
What type of information is carried on CNV2?
Sensory
What type of information is carried on CNV3?
Sensory and motor
What are the sensory functions of CNV?
Somatosensation of the face, mouth, anterior 2/3rds of tongue, sinuses and supratentorial meninges / proprioception associated with chewing
CNV supplies the motor control to which muscles?
Muscles of mastication, tensor tympani, tensor veli palatini, mylohyoid, anterior belly of digastric
Where does the trigeminal nerve connect to the CNS?
At the pons (laterally, midway between midbrain and medulla)
Once the trigeminal nerve has connected with the CNS at the pons, describe its intracranial path?
Travels inferior to the edge of the tentorium cerebelli between the posterior and middle cranial fossa
Describe the extracranial path of the sensory axons of CNV?
Course from the superficial and deep structures of the face to their respective cranial formina
Describe the extracranial path of the motor axons of CNV?
Course from the foramen ovale towards the skeletal muscle they supply
What are the specific regions of the face supplies by CNV1, V2 and V3?
V1 = ophthalmic, V2 = maxillary, V3 = mandibular
What are some areas of the face which are supplied by CNV1?
Upper eyelid, cornea, conjunctiva, skin of the root/bridge/tip of the nose
Which specific part of CNV is responsible for the afferent limb of the corneal reflex?
CNV1