2. CNs and Autonomics Flashcards
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All sympathetic fibers are (1) ___ arising from the (2) ____.
- post-ganglionic
- superior cervical ganglion of sympathetic trunk
How do the sympathetic fibers travel?
on vessels to structures they innervate
What is the only nerve that is post-ganglionic sympathetic?
deep petrosal nerve
Where do pre-ganglionic parasympathetic fibers arise?
nuclei in the brain stem
Where do pre-ganglionic parasympathetic fibers synapse?
4 ganglia in the head = ciliary, pterygopalatine, otic, and submandibular
How are pre-ganglionic parasympathetics carried?
CN III, VII, IX, X
All post-ganglionic fibers“piggy back” on branch of the _____ n. to arrive at the structure that they innervate.
trigeminal n.
Primary function of CN: olfactory
(sensory, somatic, and/or parasympathetic)
sensory: olfaction
Primary function of CN: optic
(sensory, somatic, and/or parasympathetic)
sensory: vision
Function of trochlear n.
somatic: superior oblique eye m.
Divisions of the trigeminal n.
- V1: ophthalmic n.
- V2: maxillary n.
- V3: mandibular n.
Primary function of CN: vestibulocochlear
(sensory, somatic, and/or parasympathetic)
sensory: hearing (cochlear); equilibrium (vestibular)
Primary function of CN: glossopharyngeal
(sensory, somatic, and/or parasympathetic)
- sensory: touch/taste to posterior 1/3 of tongue, visceral sensory to carotid bodies
- somatic: 1 pharyngeal muscle (stylopharyngeus m.)
- parasympathetic: parotid salivary gland
Primary function of CN: accessory
(sensory, somatic, and/or parasympathetic)
somatic: trapezius m. and SCM m.
Somatic function of the oculomotor n.
- 4 eye muscles:
- superior rectus m.
- medial rectus m.
- inferior rectus m.
- inferior oblique m.
- levator palpebrae superioris m.
Parasympathetic function of the oculomotor nerve
- sphincter pupillae m. constricts pupil
- ciliary m. contracts to make lens puffy for near vision
Branchial motor of the facial n.
- muscles of facial expression
- stapedius m.
- stylohyoid m.
- posterior belly of the digastric m.
Visceral motor of the facial n.
- salivary glands
- lacrimal glands
- glands of the nose and the palate
General sensory of the facial n.
- skin of external auditory meatus
Special sensory of the facial n.
- anterior 2/3 of the tongue
Branchial motor of the glossopharyngeal n.
stylopharangeus m.
Visceral motor of the glossopharyngeal n.
parasympathetic innervation of the parotid gland
Visceral sensory of the glossopharyngeal n.
visceral sensory from the carotid body and sinus
General sensory of the glossopharyngeal n.
- external ear
- posterior 1/3 of tongue
- internal surface of TM
- palatine tonsil
- pharynx