PNS Flashcards
How many pairs of cranial nerves are there
12 pairs
Which cranial nerve sends sensory info about both hearing and equilibrium
vestibulochlear nerve
Which cranial nerve sends sensory info from the eye
Optic
Which nerve sends sensory info from the nose?
Olfactory
Which three cranial nerves send motor signals to move the eyes?
Oculomotor-superior recuts, inferior rectus, medial rectus, inferior oblique
Trochlear-Superior oblique
Abducens- Lateral rectus
Which three cranial nerves send sensory information about taste
Glossopharyngeal
Facia
Vagus
What are the three divisions of the trigeminal nerve
Ophthalmic
Maxillary
Mandibular
Which nerve controls facial movement?
Facial
What else does the facial nerve do?
Activates tear/salivary glands, taste
Which nerve controls tongue movement
Hypoglossal
Which nerve when overstimulated or disturbed would cause wide spread effects such as change in heart rate and breathing?
Vagus nerve
When you go to the dentist and they use a local anesthetic you loss feeling in the lower jaw as well as some motor control of the mouth, which nerve is targeted by the local anesthetic?
Mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve
Which nerve sends general info about temperature, pain, tactile info from the tongue
Mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve
Which cranial never is a branch of the vagus nerve
The accessory nerve
What does the accessory nerve do
Innervates neck and back muscles
