CN IV Flashcards
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what are the 5 functional compoents of the facial nerve
SVE, SVA, GVE, GSA, Gva
sve AFFECTS
MUSCLES OF FACIAL EXPRESSION
sva AFFECTS
TASTe to anterior 2/3 of tongue
GVE affects
parasymph innervation to lacrimal, saliary, nasal, palatine glands
GSA affects
skin of back of ear, auricle, external auditory meauts
GVA affects
nasal cavity, soft palate, surrounding pharyngeal wall
what are the 2 roots of CN VII
facial nerve proper
nervus intermedius
what innervation does facial nerve proper provide
motor
what innervation does nervus intermedius provide
sensory and parasympathetic
what is the sensory ganglion of CN VII
geniculate ganglion
what are teh 2 parasympahteic ganglia of CN VII
pterygopalatine
submandibular
function of pterygopalatine ganglia
hay fever ganglion
innervate alcrimal and nasal glands
function of submandibular gland
innervates submandibula rand sublingual glands
what are the 2 nuclei of the facial n
facial nucleus
superior salivatory nuclues
what type o fnucleus is the facial nucleus
motor
what type of nucleus is the rsuperior salivatory nucleus
parasympatheric
how is taste projected
via solitary tract to solitary nucleus
upper half of facial nucleus receives what
bilateral corticonuclear projections
lower half of the facial nucleus recieves what
only contralateral corticonuclear projections
facial nerve forms _____ limb of corneal blink reflex arc
efferent (motor)
how does CN VII exit the brainstem
through internal acoustic meatus with vestibulouscochlear n
the geniculate ganglion contains what
cell bodies o fpseudounipolar neurons
what are teh 3 branches of the facial n within the pertrous portion of temporal bone
greater petrosal
chorda tympani
nerve to stapedius
greater petrosal n
carries axons of preganglionic parasymph neruons that are on their way to pterygopalatine galion