Trigeminal & Facial Nerves Flashcards
What is the main sensory nerve to the head?
trigeminal N
Trigeminal N is (sensory/motor/mixed).
mixed
Trigeminal N is motor to ___________ and sensory to ________.
muscles of mastication
skin of head
(T/F) The trigeminal nerve is sensory for taste and contains PSNS axons.
False - neither
List the 5 muscles of mastication.
- masseter
- temporalis
- medial pterygoid
- lateral pterygoid
- rostral belly of digastricus
All the muscles of mastication (open/close) the mouth except _______ which (opens/closes) the mouth.
close
rostral belly of digastricus
opens
List the 3 branches of the Trigeminal nerve.
ophthalmic
maxillary
mandibular
The ophthalmic nerve is (motor/sensory/mixed).
sensory (to structures around eye)
What three nerves branch from the ophthalmic nerve?
- lacrimal N
- frontal N
- nasociliary N
The maxillary nerve is (sensory/motor/mixed).
sensory
List the 3 branches of the maxillary nerve.
- cornual branch N
- pterygopalatine N
- infraorbital N
The pterygopalantine nerve splits and supplies most of the nasal cavity via _______, hard palate via _______, and soft palate via _______.
caudal nasal N
major palatine N
minor palatine N
The pterygopalatine N supplies ___________ axons to the lacrimal gland and glands of nasal cavity via ________ to stimulate secretion.
parasympathetic postganglionic
pterygopalatine ganglion
What nerve is sensory to the upper lip and upper teeth?
infraorbital N (branch of maxillary)
The mandibular nerve is (sensory/motor/mixed).
mixed