CN VII-XII: CREngcreng Nerve Flashcards
Components of CN VII
Motor SVE, Sensory SVA, Sensory GSA, Parasympathetic GVE
Carries brachial motor fibers for facial expression
Main trunk of facial n.
Carries fibers for PSY (tearing and salivation), taste, and GSA
Nervus intermedius
3 nuclei of CN VII
Main Motor Nucleus
Parasympathetic Nuclei
Sensory Nucleus
Parasympathetic Nuclei of CN VII
Superior salivatory nucleus
Lacrimal nucleus
Sympathetic Nuclei of CN VII
Nucleus tractus solitarius
Trigeminal nucleus
Lies deep in the reticular formation of the lower part of the pons
Main Motor Nucleus
Part of the nucleus supplies muscles of the upper part of the face receives fibers from both cerebral hemispheres
Main Motor Nucleus
Part of the nucleus that supplies the lower part of the face receives only corticonuclear fibers from the opposite cerebral hemisphere
Main Motor Nucleus
Voluntary control of facial muscles
Main Motor Nucleus
contralateral side of motor cortex
Lower part of face
both sides of motor cortex
Upper part of face
Lie posterolateral to the main motor nucleus
Parasympathetic Nuclei
Receives afferent fibers from thalamus through descending autonomic pathways
Superior Salivatory Nucleus
Receives afferent fibers from hypothalamus for emotional responses and from sensory nuclei of trigeminal nerve for reflex lacrimation due to irritation
Lacrimal Nucleus
Lies close to motor nucleus
Nucleus of Tractus Solitarius
Location of Nucleus of Tractus Solitarius
Upper part (rostral)
Nucleus of Tractus Solitarius for
Taste
Central processes of unipolar cells of geniculate ganglion
Sensory Root (nervus intermedius)
CNVII pass laterally in__with ___ and enter the __ in petrous part of temporal bone
posterior cranial fossa ; CNVIII;internal acoustic meatus
lies in the genu and contains primary sensory neurons for taste in anterior ⅔ of tongue, GSA for a region near external auditory meatus
Geniculate ganglion
Main portion exits the skull through the
stylomastoid foramen