Cranial Nerves Flashcards
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CN 2
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- Optic
- Sensory
- Vision
- optic canal
1
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CN 1
A
- Olfactory
- sensory
- smell
- cribiform plate
2
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CN 3
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- Oculomotor
- motor
- eye movement (up, medial, down, up/out)
- pupil size
- superior orbital fissure
3
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CN 4
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- trochlear
- motor
- eye movement (down/out)
- superior orbital fissure
4
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CN 5
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- trigeminal
- both
- sensation in the face, nose, mouth, teeth, cornea
- chewing and facial expression
- ophthalmic (1)- superior orbital fissure
- maxillary (2)- foramen rotundum (inferior orbital fissure)
- mandibulum (3)- foramen oval (spinosum)
5
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CN 6
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- Abducens
- motor
- eye muscle (side to side)
- superior orbital fissure
6
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CN 7
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- facial
- both
- facial expression (smile), tears, saliva, taste (front 2/3 of tongue)
- internal acoustic meatus and stylomastoid foramen to get out
7
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CN 8
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- vestibulocochlear (aka acoustic nerve)
- sensory
- hearing, balance
- internal acoustic meatus
8
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CN 9
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- glossopharyngeal
- both
- throat movement, sensation in throat, taste (back 1/3 of throat)
- speech
- jugular foramen
9
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CN 10
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- vagus
- both
- sensation in the throat and windpipe
- muscles of throat, windpipe, organs of chest & abdomen
- jugular foramen
10
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CN 11
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- Accessory
- motor
- movement of neck
- jugular foramen+foramen magnum
11
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CN 12
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- hypoglossal
- motor
- tongue movement & swallowing
- hypoglossal canal
