BRAINSTEM 2.0

Question 1

The facial nucleus is located in the …

Answer 1

pons

Question 2

the lower face receives motor innervation from ____ while the upper face receives motor innervation from…

Answer 2

the contralateral primary motor area

Both sides of the of cingulate gyrus

Question 3

What does the chief sensory nucleus of CN V do? What type of nerve is it?

Answer 3

Discriminative touch from the face

General somatic afferent

Question 4

What does the spinal trigeminal nucleus of CN V do? what type of nerve is it?

Answer 4

Pain and temperature from the face

General somatic afferent

Question 5

What does the mesencephalic nucleus of CN V do? What type of nerve is it

Answer 5

Proprioception from the muscles of mastication

General somatic afferent

Question 6

What nuclei of CN V are found in the rostral medulla of the brainstem

Answer 6

Spinal trigeminal nucleus

Question 7

What nuclei of CN V are found in the pons of the brainstem

Answer 7

Mesencephalic nucleus
Chief sensory nucleus
Motor nucleus