Trigeminal N Flashcards
Largest cranial nerve in size
Trigeminal
Branchial motor portion of Trigeminal innervates
1) the 4 primary mastication muscles
2) the 2 deglutition muscles
3) Tensor Veli Palatini
4) Tensor Tympani
the 4 primary muscles of mastication =
1) Temporalis
2) Pterygois internus (Medial Pterygoid)
3) Pterygoid externus (Lateral Pterygoid)
4) Masseter
the 2 deglutition muscles
1) Anterior belly of digastric
2) Mylohyoid
Trigeminal apparent origin
upper anterolateral border of pons
Trigeminal roots
- sensory root (larger and superior)
- motor root (smaller and inferior)
Motor root of Trigeminal arises from…
Motor Nucleus of Trigeminal N (nucleus of origin) in the Upper Pons in the Upper Margin of the Rhomboid Fossa
The sensory fibers consist of the central sensory processes from ______ neurons of the Trigeminal (Gasserian ganglion)
pseudo-unipolar
Trigeminal Ganglion =
Gasserian Ganglion/Semilunar
- The trigeminal ganglion is located in the dura mater fold on the ______ of the petrosal portion of the temporal bone
Trigeminal Impression
Trigeminal Impression found ?
petrosal portion of the temporal bone
largest sensory ganglion in body =
Trigeminal/Gasserian/Semilunar Ganglion
Ganglion that holds the primary sensory neuron of the Trigeminal Nerve
Trigeminal/Gasserian/Semilunar Ganglion
The central process (axon) from the trigeminal ganglion synapse with three nuclei of termination:
1) Mesencephalic Nucleus (lateral to cerebral aqueduct, anterior to the superior & inferior colloculi)
2) Pontine Nucleus (in mid-pons)
3) Spinal Nucleus (in Medulla Oblongata, continuous w/ Substantia Gelatinosa of Roland in spinal cord)
Mesencephalic Nucleus located…
lateral to cerebral aqueduct, anterior to the superior & inferior colloculi
Pontine Nucleus located…
in mid-pons
Spinal Nucleus located…
in Medulla Oblongata, continuous w/ Substantia Gelatinosa of Roland in spinal cord
The spinal nucleus of the trigeminal nerve is also for the ______ nerves
Trigeminal, Facial, Glossopharyngeal and Vegas N’s
The peripheral processes (dendrites) of Trigeminal divide into three divisions:
1) Ophthalamic (upper, smallest and purely sensory)
2) Maxillary (intermediate size and position, purely sensory)
3) Mandibular (largest and mixed)
smallest and purely sensory division of Trigeminal
Ophthalamic
intermediate size and purely sensory division of Trigeminal
Maxillary
largest and mixed division of Trigeminal
Mandibular
Ophthalamic Nervepasses forwards through the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus inferior to the ______ nerves
oculomotor & trochlear