cranial nerves

Question 1

Oflactory Nerve I

Answer 1

Sense of smell

Question 2

Location of olfactory nerve

Answer 2

Cerebrum; above the brainstem

Question 3

Optic nerve II

Answer 3

Ability to see

Question 4

Location of optic nerve

Answer 4

Cerebrum; above the brainstem

Question 5

Oculomotor nerve III

Answer 5

Ability to move and blink your eyes

Question 6

Trochlear Nerve IV

Answer 6

Ability to move your eyes up and down or back and forth

Question 7

Trigeminal nerve V

Answer 7

Sensations in your face and cheeks, taste and jaw movements

Question 8

Abducens nerve VI

Answer 8

ability to move your eyes

Question 9

Facial nerve VII

Answer 9

facial expressions and sense of taste

Question 10

Auditory/vestibular nerve VIII

Answer 10

Sense of hearing and balance

Question 11

Glossopharyngeal nerve IX

Answer 11

Ability to taste and swallow

Question 12

Vagus nerve X

Answer 12

Digestion and heart rate

Question 13

Accessory nerve XI

Answer 13

Shoulder and neck muscle movement

Question 14

Hypoglossal nerve XII

Answer 14

ability to move your tongue

Question 15

Cerebrum contains

Answer 15

thalamus, basal ganglia, hypothalmus, limbic system

Question 16

Cerebellum is

Answer 16

in the back (looks like a squiggle) and controls motor and balance

Question 17

Brain stem contains what

Answer 17

mid brain, pons, medulla

Question 18

What does the medulla control

Answer 18

controls heart rate, breathing, and everything sympathetic

Question 19

inhibitory neurotransmitters

Answer 19

open chloride channels allowing negatively charged chloride ions into the cell

Question 20

excitatory neurotransmitters

Answer 20

open sodium channels causing depolarization in the postsynaptic membrane initiating an action potential

Question 21

Where do motor neurons come from

Answer 21

Pons

Question 22

subdural hematoma

Answer 22

occurs when a blood vessel in the space between the skull and the brain (the subdural space) is damaged

Question 23

Rest and digest

Answer 23

Parasympathetic

Question 24

Fight or flight

Answer 24

sympathetic

Question 25

Efferent pathway

Answer 25

motor

Question 26

afferent pathway

Answer 26

sensory

Question 27

Prodromal phase of migraines

Answer 27

nausea, diziness, fatigue, fog

Question 28

What happens in order for you to get a headache

Answer 28

veins will vasoconstrict in order to get blood pumping faster which causes headache