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6. Cranial Nerves Flashcards

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CN12 has what components, what does it do, and what nucleus does it come from?

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Hypoglossal nerve.
1 somatic motor component going to muscles of tongue
Hypoglossal nucelus

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CN6 has what components, what does it do, and what nucleus does it come from?

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Abducens
1 somatic motor component going to lateral rectus muscle of eye
Abducens nucleus

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CN4 has what components, what does it do, and what nucleus does it come from? Fx of m. it innervates? What is so special about CN4

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Trochlear n
1 somatic motor component going to superior oblique muscle (depression, intorsion)
Trochlear nucleus

Special: Innervates contralateral eye

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CN11 has what components, what does it do, and what nucleus does it come from?

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Spinal accessory n
1 branchial motor going to trapezius and SCM
Spinal accessory nuc

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CN3 has what components, what does it do, and what nucleus does it come from?

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Occulomotor n
1 somatic motor and 1 visceral motor
Somatic motor: innervate medial, inferior, superior rectus m., inferior oblique m., superior levator palpebrae m. - From occulomotor nuc
Visceral motor: innervate pupil and ciliary m - From Edinger-Westphal nuc

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CN5 has what components, what does it do, and what nucleus does it come from?

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Trigeminal n
1 branchial motor and 1 somatic sensory
Branchial motor: Muscles of mastication - Motor nuc of V
Somatic sensory: sensory R from face - Trigeminal sensory nuclei

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CN7 has what components, what does it do, and what nucleus does it come from?

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Facial n
2 motor and 2 sensory components
Brancial motor: M. of facial expression - facial motor nucleus
Visceral motor: Salivary and lacrimal glands - superior salivary nucleus
Special visceral sensory: Taste buds and project to solitary nucleus
Somatic sensory - outer ear projecting to spinal nuc of V

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CN9 has what components, what does it do, and what nucleus does it come from?

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Glossopharyngeal n
2 motor, 3 sensory
Branchial motor: stylopharyngeus m. - nucleus ambiguus
Visceral motor: parotid gland - inferior salivary nucleus
Special visceral sensory: taste buds and projecting to solitary nuc
Visceral sensory: pharynx, carotid body, and sinus - solitary nucleus
Somatic sensory: outer ear, pharynx, and posterior tongue - spinal nucleus of V

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CN10 has what components, what does it do, and what nucleus does it come from?

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Vagus
2 Motor, 3 sensory
Branchial motor: m. of pharynx and larynx - nuc ambiguus
Visceral motor: thoracic and abdominal viscera - dorsal motor nuc of X
Special visceral sensory: taste buds - solitary nuc
Visceral sensory: thoracic and abdominal viscera - solitary nuc
Somatic sensory: outer ear - spinal nuc of V

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What are the three nuclei that are shared by the cranial nerves?

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Solitary nucleus
Spinal nucleus of V
Nucleus ambiguus

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What information is received by the solitary nucleus, which nerve(s)?

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Shared by CN7,9,10. Taste info from rostral 2/3 of the tongue goes in CN7, posterior 1/3 is CN9, epiglottis is CN10

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Which nucleus has fibers from CN 5, 7, 9, 10?

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Spinal nucleus of 5

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Which cranial nerves share nucleus ambiguus?

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CN 9, CN 10

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Generally speaking, what happens with a upper motor neuron lesion?

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Nothing because you have contralateral innervation as well that make up for the lesion. May be weaker

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Generally speaking, what happens with a lower motor neuron lesion?

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See ipsilateral deficits

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CN1 has what components, what does it do, and what nucleus does it come from?

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Olfactory n.
Special sensory: Smell
Projects into the pyriform area B/L

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CN2 has what components, what does it do, and what nucleus does it come from?

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Optic n.
Special sensory: Vision
Projects to: Superior colliculus (pretectal area of midbrain), lateral geniculate nucleus (thalamus) –> visual cortex

Also to suprachiasmatic nucleus (hypothalamus)

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What is the purpose of CN2 having projections to the suprachiasmatic nucleus?

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For wakefulness/sleep (Circadian rhythm)

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What is the pathway for how visual information comes in through the optic nerve to the visual cortex?

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Signal goes through optic nerve to to lateral geniculate nucleus in thalamus –> Meyer’s loop –> optic radiations –> visual cortex

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What are the muscles and fx of those muscles that are innervated by CN3?

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Pupillary muscle
Medial rectus - adduction
Inferior rectus - depression and extortion
Superior rectus - elevation and intortion
Inferior oblique - elevation and extortion

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Which opening does CN3 transverse through to get to its target organ?

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Superior orbital fissure

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How does accommodation work?

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Ciliary body contracts –> suspensory ligs loosen –> lens gets thicker –> NEAR VISION

Ciliary body relaxes –> suspensory ligs tighten –> lens gets stretched thin –> FAR VISION

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Pupillary reflex

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Shine light in one eye, goes through optic nerve to superior colliculus B/L –> interneuron to edinger-westphal –> occulomotor PNS branch to ciliary ganglion –> pupillary constriction

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What happens if you damage the right optic nerve and shine light in right eye? Shine light in left eye?

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No pupil reflex in either eye if you shine light in right eye.
Shine light in left eye, pupillary reflex in tact for both eyes

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What happens if you damage the right occulomotor nerve and shine light in right eye? Shine light in left eye?
Shine light in right eye: Left eye constricts, right eye doesn't Shine light in left eye: Left eye constricts, right eye doesn't
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The facial motor nucleus wraps around which other nucleus?
Abducens nucleus
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Conjugate gaze nerves and pathway
CN3, CN6 Starts in superior colliculus --> PPRF (lateral gaze center) PPRF sends projects to two nuclei: 1) abducens nuc. - eye abduction 2) Occulomotor nuc - eye adduction through MLF (medial longitudinal fasiculus)
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Lesion in MLF would cause what?
Imaired conugate gaze (doesnt get to occulomotor nucleus)
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What is internuclear opthalmoplegia
Paresis of adduction in one eye and nystagmus in contralateral abducting eye
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What are the three branches of the trigeminal nerve?
V1 - opthalmic (sensory) v2 - maxillary (sensory) v3 - mandibular (sensory and motor)
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What is the pathway for afferent sensory information for trigeminal nerve to the sensory cortex?
Signal passes through ganglion to get to brainstem spinal nucleus of V --> decussates and synapses onto thalamus --> goes to sensory cortex
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What nerve is responsible for the bite reflex?
Trigeminal V3
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Pathway to induce secretions from the submandibular and sublingual glands. Which CN?
CN7 Superior salivary nucleus --> submandibular and ptergopalatine nuclei --> secretions from submandibular and sublingual glands
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CN7 relays touch and pain sensation. Which areas?
Concha of ear External auditory meatus External surface of tympanic membrane Skin behind ear
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What is the difference in facial expression muscles' innervation above the eye and below the eye?
Above eye: inn. by both upper and lower MN | Below eye: inn. by contralateral side
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What happens if upper motor nuclei lesion of facial motor nucleus?
Not much difference, slight dropping of corner of mouth.
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What happens if lower motor nuclei lesion of facial motor nucleus?
Drooping of lower portion of face
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What are the nuclei involved in CN8 and fx.
``` Vestibular nuc (balance) Dorsal cochlear (contralateral, hearing) Ventral cochlear (B/L) hearing ```
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Solitary nucleus receives which inputs?
CN7 - taste anterior 2/3 CN9 - taste posterior 1/3 CN10 - taste epiglottis CN9 - carotid body has chemoreceptor (rate of respiration) that monitors O2, CO2, and acidity/alkalinity (at break between internal and external carotid arteries) Carotid sinus has baroreceptors that monitor blood pressure CN10- aortic bodies - chemoR aortic arch - baroR
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Which nerves are tested with the gag reflex?
CN9, CN10
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Fx of vagus on heart, lungs, GI
Cardiac: slow HR Resp: bronchiolar secretions and bronchoconstriction in lungs GI: stimulate secretion and motility
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Gag reflex
CN9 is sensory Vagus is motor Sensory input of something in back of mouth: 1. closure of epiglottis 2. protrusion of tongue (hypoglossal n) 3. constrict pharyngeal m
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CN11 innervates which two muscles? C/L or ipsilateral?
Trapezius - contralateral | SCM - ipsilateral
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CN12 inn which muscle?
genioglossal
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UMN lesion of CN12
Tongue deviates to contralateral side
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LMN lesion of CN12
Tongue deviates to ipsilateral side

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