Trigeminal Nerve Flashcards
What is the largest cranial nerve
Trigeminal nerve CN V
That is the nerve of the 1st pharyngeal arch
Timrigeminal
What are the 3 roots of the trigeminal nerve
Sensory (major)
Motor (minor)
Mesencephalic
Fibres of CN V arise from what ganglion
Semilunar ganglion or gasserian ganglion
Characteristics of semilunar ganglion
Develops from the neural crest
Consists of unipolar neurons
Crescent in shape
Located in the Meckel’s cavity (superior to the petrous part of the temporal bone)
Characteristics of motor root of the trigeminal nerve
Located in the pons
Medial to the gasserian ganglion
Passes through the foramen ovale
Joins the mandibular nerve
Supplies the muscles of mastication
Is trigeminal nerve a mixed nerve
Yea, it is.
I has small motor root and large sensory root
TMJ receives proprioception from
Periodontium
Teeth
Hard palate
TMJ
Fibres of sensory root of CN V arises from what
Gasserian’s ganglion
About the mesencephalic root
It’s the afferent station
The afferent fibres accompany fibres of motor root
Proprioception from TMJ, periodontal membrane, teeth, hard palate
Associated with afferent impulses from stretch receptors in muscles of mastication.
What are the 2 types of nucleus of CN V?
Motor nuclei
Sensory nuclei
What are the 3 types of sensory nuclei
Main (chief/principal) pontine nucleus ( located in the pons)
Mesencephalic nucleus (located in the midbrain)
Spinal nucleus
What are the 3 subdivisions of the spinal nucleus, there origins and extensions
Subnucleus Oralis: Originate in the pons and end at pontomedullary junction inferiorly
Subnucleus interpolaris: origjnates from the pontomedullary junction to the obex (medullospinal junction)
Subnucleus causalis: originates from the obex to the C3 level of spinal cord
Characteristics of the motor nucleus of the CN V
-Located at the midpontine level
-Medial to the main sensory nucleus
-fibres distribute to muscles of mastication (tempotalis, Massey we, medial and lateral pterygoid), myoihyliud, anterior belly of digastric, tensor tympani, tensor veli palatini.
Why is the location of the upper main nucleus
Midpons
What trigeminothalamic tract does the upper (main nucleus form)
Dorsal trigeminothalamic tract
What nucleus does ascending fibres of sensory root of trigeminal nerve terminate in
Upper (main) sensory nucleus
Where nucleus does desceding fibres of sensory root of trigeminal nerve terminate in
Motor nucleus
What impulses do upper (main) nucleus convey
Light touch, tactile discrimination, sense of position and passive movement
What is the true sensory ganglion of the CN V?
Mesencephalic nucleus
Mesencephalic nucleus can also convey impulse from what muscles
Extraocular muscles
What is the larger sensory trigeminal nucleus
Spinal nucleus
Origin and extent of spinal nucleus
Extends caudally from main nucleus to C3 level of spinal cord
What part of the trigeminothalamic tract does the spinal nucleus form
Ventral part
What impulse does the spinal nucleus convey
Pain and temperature
What impulse par oralis and interpolaris of the spinal nucleus convey
Tactile sense
What impulse does the pars caudaulis of the spinal nucleus convey
Pain and Temperature
What are the divisions of the trigeminal nerve
Ophthalmic V1
Maxillary V2
Mandibular V3
Principal nucleus is the nucleus of what division of trigeminal nerve
Ophthalmic division
Spinal nucleus is the nucleus of what division of trigeminal nerve
Maxillary (Spimax)
Mesencephalic nucleus is the nucleus of what division of trigeminal nerve
Mandibular
Trigeminal motor nucleus accompanies what nerve
Mandibular nerve (and motor branch passes the foramen ovale along with mandibular nerve, that’s why mandibular nerve has both sensory and motor innervation)
What nerve forms the smallest division of CN V
Ophthalmic nerve