CN V3

Question 1

Mandibular division exits the cranial vault through the

Answer 1

Foramen ovale

Question 2

8 muscles

Answer 2

Temporalis
Masseter
Medial pterygoid
Lateral pterygoid
Tensor veli palateni
Tensor tympani
Mylohyoid
Anterior belly digastric

Question 3

Sensory and motor roots combine at the

Answer 3

Infratemporal fossa

Question 4

2 branches off infratemporal fossa

Answer 4

Recurrent meningeal branch

Medial pterygoid nerve

Question 5

Motor anterior division

Answer 5

Masseter n
Deep temporal n
Lateral pterygoid n
Buccal n

Question 6

Sensory posterior division

Answer 6

Auriculotemporal n
Lingual n
Inferior alveolar n

Question 7

Recurrent meningeal n

Answer 7

Sensory to middle & anterior cranial fossa and the calvarium

Goes through foramen spinosum

Question 8

Medial pterygoid n

Answer 8

Otic ganglion
Motor
Supplies tensor muscles

Question 9

Masseter

Answer 9

Motor supplies the Masseter

Sensory to TMJ

Question 10

Deep temporal n

Answer 10

Anterior and posterior branches

Supply temporalis

Question 11

Lateral pterygoid

Answer 11

Supplies lateral pterygoid muscle

Question 12

Buccal n

Answer 12

Major sensory branch

Question 13

Auriculotemporal n

Answer 13

Parotid gland to infratemporal fossa

Sensory

Question 14

Lingual

Answer 14

Sensory

Combines with chords typani in Infraorbital fossa

Question 15

Inferior alveolar n

Answer 15

Sensory
Incisive branch and mental n

Motor fibers are carried here too passing through mandibular foramen supplying mylohyoid and anterior belly digastric

Question 16

Submandibular ganglion

Answer 16

Receives preganglionic parasympathetic fibers from CN7 via lingual n

Question 17

Otic ganglion

Answer 17

Sends post ganglionic parasympathetic fibers to parotid gland via auriculotemporal n