Unit 4 Flashcards
Sensory or Motor: (I) Olfactory nerve
Sensory
Sensory or Motor: (II) Optic nerve
Sensory
Sensory or Motor: (III) Oculomotor n.
Motor
Sensory or Motor: (IV) Trochlear n.
Motor
Sensory or Motor: (V1)Trigeminal- Ophthalmic division
Sensory
Sensory or Motor: (V2) Trigeminal- Maxillary division
Sensory
Sensory or Motor: (V3) Trigeminal- Mandibular division
Both
Sensory or Motor: (V) Trigeminal nerve
Both
Sensory or Motor: (VI) Abducens nerve
Motor
Sensory or Motor: (VII) Facial nerve
Both
Sensory or Motor: (VIII) Vestibulocochlear nerve
Sensory
Sensory or Motor: (IX) Glossopharyngeal nerve
Both
Sensory or Motor: (X) Vagus nerve
Both
Sensory or Motor: (XI) Accessory nerve
Motor
Sensory or Motor: (XII) Hypoglossal nerve
Motor
What is the foramen of the Olfactory (I) nerve?
Cribiform foramina in cribiform plate
What is the foramen of the Optic (II) nerve?
Optic canal (foramen)
What is the foramen of the Oculomotor (III) nerve?
Superior orbital fissure
What is the foramen of the Trochlear (IV) nerve?
Superior orbital fissure
What is the foramen for the Opthalmic division (V1) of the Trigeminal nerve?
Superior orbital fissure
What is the foramen for the Maxillary division (V2) of the Trigeminal (V) nerve?
Foramen rotundum
What is the foramen for the Mandibular division (V1) of the Trigeminal nerve?
Foramen Ovale
What is the foramen of the Abducens (VI) nerve?
Superior orbital fissure
What is the foramen of the Facial (VII) nerve?
Internal acoustic meatus, through facial canal, exits at stylomastoid foramen
What is the foramen of the Vestibulocochlear (VIII) nerve?
Internal acoustic meatus
What is the foramen of the Glossopharyngeal (IX) nerve?
Jugular foramen
What is the foramen of the Vagus (X) nerve?
Jugular foramen
What is the foramen of the Accessory (XI) nerve?
Jugular foramen
What is the foramen of the Hypoglossal (XII) nerve?
Hypoglossal canal
This bone is part of the axial skeleton and is composed of 22 bones: 8 form the cranium and 14 are associated with the face
The skull
What are the unpaired bones of the cranium?
Frontal bone, occipital bone, sphenoid bone, ethmoid bone
What are the paired bones of the cranium?
Parietal bones and temporal bones
The calvaria is composed of what bones?
Frontal bone, parietal bones, occipital bone
These are very short fibers connect the interlocking edges of articulating bones and are the joints between bones of the skull. What are these?
Sutures
What are the major sutures?
Coronal suture, squamosal suture, lambdoidal suture, saggital suture
What are the paired bones of the face?
Nasal, maxillae, zygomatic, lacrimal, palatine, inferior nasal conchae
What are the unpaired bones of the face?
Vomer, mandible
The hard palate is formed by:
- Palatine processes of the maxillae
- Horizontal plates of the palatine bones
What are the paranasal sinuses?
- Frontal sinus
- Sphenoid sinus
- Ethmoid sinus
- Maxillary sinus
How is the zygomatic arch formed?
The zygomatic process of temporal bone + temporal process of zygomatic bone
This is the area superior and deep to the zygomatic arch. What is this?
Temporal fossa
This is the area inferior and deep to the zygomatic arch. What is this?
Infratemporal fossa
What bones make up the orbit?
- Frontal bone
- Zygomatic bone
- Maxillary bone
- Sphenoid
- Ethmoid
- Lacrimal bone
- Palatine bone
The nasal septum is composed of:
- Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone
- Vomer bone
- Septal cartilage
These are soft fibrous areas where several sutures unite and allow for molding and remodeling. What are these?
Fontanelles
What is included in the fontanelles?
Anterior fontanel, posterior fontanel, mastoid fontanel, mastoid fontanelles, sphenoid fontanelles
What are the 3 primary germ layers:
- Endoderm
- Mesoderm
- Ectoderm
Germ layers form through a process known as __________________
Gastrulation
True or False: The development of the nervous system occurs in the ectoderm
True
What are the four main events occurring during neurulation?
- Formation of neural plate
- Shaping of neural plate
- Invagination of neural plate
- Closure of neural groove (forms the neural tube and neural canal)
Brain & spinal cord develop from proliferating cells in the ___________________
Neural tube
The __________________ forms the brain
Cranial end if the neural tube
The ___________________ forms the spinal cord
Caudal end
The ventricular system & central canal of the spinal cord develop from ______________
Neural canal
The neurons are ___________
Excitable cells
The neuroglial cells are ____________
Supportive cells
What are the cell bodies of the CNS?
Nucleus
What is the cell body of the PNS?
Ganglion
What is the axon of the PNS?
Nerve
This is compose primarily of myelinated axons. What is this?
White matter
What is composed of neuronal cell bodies, dendrites, unmyelinated axons, & neuroglia
Gray matter
Central cavity surrounded by gray matter which is surrounded by white matter. What is this?
Basic Patterning of CNS
The central cavity surrounded by a gray matter core with white matter external to the gray matter. What is this?
Spinal cord
This area is similar to the spinal cord but with additional areas of gray matter. Scattered gray matter is seen within the white matter and the cerebrum and cerebellum also have outer layer of gray matter called the cortex. What is this?
The brain
What is the elevated fold of the brain called?
Gyrus
What is the shallow groove between gyri called?
Sulcus
What is the deep groove between gyri?
Fissure
Each hemisphere of the brain is divided into five lobes. What are they?
- Frontal
- Parietal
- Temporal
- Occipital
- Insular
What are the 3 basic regions of each hemisphere?
- cerebral cortex
- internal white matter
- basal nuclei
What are the functions of the cerebral cortex?
Conscious thought, speech, memory, evaluation of sensory input, personality, initiation of voluntary motor movement
What is the function of the motor area of the cortex?
Initiation of movement
What is the function of the sensory area of the cortex?
Reception of sensory information and perception
What is the function of the association areas?
Complex integrative functions
These are fibers connecting gray areas between the two hemispheres. What are these called?
Commissural fibers
Ex: Corpus callosum
These are fibers connecting different parts of same hemisphere. What are these called?
Association fibers
Ex: General cerebral white matter
These are fibers connecting the cerebral cortex to the other parts of the CNS. What are these called?
Projection fibers
Ex: Spinal tracts
____________ is a collection of nerve cell bodies deep in the cerebrum
Basal nuclei
What is the function of the Basal nuclei?
Influence motor function by regulating the initiation and termination of movement. Inhibits extraneous muscle contraction and helps to maintain motor control.
Damage in the basal nuclei can lead to _________ and ______________
Muscle rigidity, resting tremors
This is the major relay center for all sensation entering the cerebral cortex EXCEPT olfaction. Aids in motor activity. What is this?
Thalamus
This is the major regulator of the body’s internal environment, through the automatic, limbic and endocrine systems. What is this?
Hypothalamus
This helps to regulate sleep-wake cycle with the hypothalamus (main projection is the pineal body), which secretes the hormone melatonin. What is this?
Epithalamus
The brain stem consists of three regions:
Midbrain & Pons & Medulla Oblongata
What is the function of the brain stem?
Produces the autonomic behaviors necessary for survival, provides a pathway for axons ascending and descending
What are the projections and budges from midbrain:
1) cerebral peduncles
2) superior colliculi
3) inferior colliculi
Where is the midbrain located?
The white matter are pigmented nuclei (substantia nigra)
Associated Cranial Nerve Nuclei
1) Oculomotor (III)
2) Trochlear (IV)
Major component of pons are conduction tracts that course between:
1) higher brain centers and the spinal cord
2) motor cortex and cerebellum
Associated Cranial Nerve Nuclei
1) Trigeminal (V)
2) Abducens (VI)
3) Facial (VII)
4) Vestibulocochlear (VIII)
What is the function of the medulla Oblongata?
Autonomic reflex center housing important visceral motor nuclei
Projections from the medulla Oblongata:
1) Pyramids
2) Gracile tubercle
3) Cuneate tubercle
Associated Cranial Nerve Nuclei:
1) Vestibulocochlear
2) Glossopharyngeal
3) Vagus
4) Portion of Accessory
5) Hypoglossal
What is the function of the cerebellum?
Provides timing and patterns of skeletal muscle contractions for smooth and coordinated movements; also provides error correcting feedback for movements
Anatomical Parts:
1) Cerebellar Hemispheres
2) Vermis
3) Arbor Vitae
4) Folia
5) Anterior Lobes
6) Posterior Lobes
7) Flocculonodular Lobes
Three Cranial Meninges (from superficial to deep)
1) Dura Mater
2) Arachnoid Mater
3) Pia Mater
What are the two parts of the dura mater in skull?
Periosteal Layer and Meningeal Layer
What is the periosteal layer?
Superficial layer- absent in vertebral column