Visual Motor Flashcards
CN III muscles
inferior , medial & superior rectus
inferior oblique
CN IV muscles
super oblique
CN VI muscles
lateral rectus
CN III supplies efferents to
ciliary body = lens accommodation
sphincter pupillae
Edinger-Westphal Nu
parasympathetic to lens (accomodation)
Pupil (constriction/miosis)
Lesion to oculomotor CN
inability to look down & inward
partial loss of elevation of eyelid
loss of parasympathetics
Lesion to Trochlear CN
ipsilateral (SO)
cannot rotate eye down once it is rotated in
“High eye”
Lesion to Abducens CN
ipsilateral (LR)
cannot look outwards
horizontal gaze center
Paramedian Pontine Reticular Formation (PPRF)
Vertical gaze center
Rostral intersitial Nu of MLF
Tonic activity for vertical gaze hold
Interstitial Ny of Cajal
Pretecal nuclei projects to
Edinger-Westphal nu
horizontal gaze hold center
prepositus hypoglossi
conjugate eye movements
eye movement in same direction
PPRG coordinates horizontal conjugate gaze
Medial Mid-Pontine Syndrome
Diminished strength w/ spasticity
Loss/decrease in position, vibration sense and fine tough
Lateral rectus muscle paralysis
Paralysis of conjugate gaze to L side