Cranial Nerves/Autonomics

Question 1

Pneumonic for the 12 cranial nerves?

Answer 1

Oh, oh, oh to touch and feel a guy’s vein and hotdog

Question 2

CN I

Answer 2

Olfactory

Question 3

CN II

Answer 3

Optic

Question 4

CN III

Answer 4

Oculomotor

Question 5

CN IV

Answer 5

Trochlear

Question 6

CN V

Answer 6

Trigeminal

Question 7

CN VI

Answer 7

Abducens

Question 8

CN VII

Answer 8

Facial

Question 9

CN VIII

Answer 9

Auditory (Vestibulocochlear)

Question 10

CN XI

Answer 10

Glossopharyngeal

Question 11

CN X

Answer 11

Vagus

Question 12

CN XI

Answer 12

Accessory

Question 13

CN XII

Answer 13

Hypoglossal

Question 14

What cranial nerves run through the Cribiriform plate?

Answer 14

CN I

Question 15

What cranial nerves run through the optic canal?

Answer 15

CN II

Question 16

What cranial nerves run through the superior orbital fissure?

Answer 16

CN III, CN IV, CN V(V1), CN VI

Question 17

What cranial nerves run through the foramen rotundum?

Answer 17

CN V(V2)

Question 18

What cranial nerves run through the foramen ovale?

Answer 18

CN V(V3)

Question 19

What cranial nerves run through the internal acoustic meatus?

Answer 19

CN VII, CN VIII

Question 20

What cranial nerves run through the jugular foramen?

Answer 20

CN IX, X, XI

Question 21

What cranial nerves run through the hypoglossal canal?

Answer 21

CN XII

Question 22

Sensory nuclei in the brainstem?

Answer 22

Trigeminal, vestibular, cochlear, nucleus solitarius, nucleus of the spinal tract of the trigeminal

Question 23

What are the two parts of the nucleus solitarius?

Answer 23

Gustatory rostral portion and the caudal portion

Question 24

Nerves from the gustatory rostral portion of the nucleus solitarius

Answer 24

CN 7 and 9

Question 25

Nerves from the caudal portion of the nucleus solitarius

Answer 25

CN 9 and 10

Question 26

Nerves from the nucleus of the spinal tract of the trigeminal nerve

Answer 26

CN 5, 7, 9, 10

Question 27

Motor nuclei in the brainstem?

Answer 27

Edinger-Westphal, oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal motor, abducens, facial motor, superior and inferior salivatory, nucleus ambiguus, dorsal vagal, hypoglossal, accessory

Question 28

Nerves from the Edinger-Westphal motor nuclei

Answer 28

CN 3

Question 29

Nerves from the superior salivatory nuclei

Answer 29

CN 7

Question 30

Nerves from the inferior salivatory nuclei

Answer 30

CN 9

Question 31

Nerves from the nucleus ambiguus nuclei

Answer 31

CN 9 and 10

Question 32

Where do sympathetic fibers arise from?

Answer 32

Superior Cervical ganglion

Question 33

What do the sympathetic fibers travel on?

Answer 33

Vessels such as the deep petrosal nerve

Question 34

All of the sympathetic fibers are what?

Answer 34

post-ganglionic

Question 35

Where do the preganglionic parasympathetic fibers originate from?

Answer 35

Nuclei in the brainstem

Question 36

Where do the preganglionic parasympathetic fibers synapse?

Answer 36

4 ganglia = ciliar, pterygopalatine, otic, submandibular

Question 37

What carries the preganglionic parasympathetic fibers?

Answer 37

CN 3, 7, 9, 10

Question 38

What carries the postganglionic parasympathetic fibers to their structures?

Answer 38

Branches of the trigeminal nerve

Question 39

Modalities of CN I?

Answer 39

Special sensory -- smell

Question 40

Modalities of CN II?

Answer 40

Speical sensory -- vision

Question 41

Modalities of CN III?

Answer 41

GSE -- many muscles in the eye | GVE -- parasympathetic supply to constrictor pupillae and ciliary muscles via the ciliary ganglia

Question 42

Modalities of CN IV?

Answer 42

GSE -- supplies the superior oblique muscle of the eye

Question 43

Modalities of CN VI?

Answer 43

GSE -- supplies the lateral rectus muscle of the eye

Question 44

If your left eye CANNOT ABduct, what is injured?

Answer 44

Abducens nerve - left abducent nerve palsy

Question 45

If your right eye is downward and outward, pupil is dilated and eyelids are manually elevated, what is injured?

Answer 45

Right oculomotor nerve palsy

Question 46

Modalities of CN V?

Answer 46

Branchial motor (SVE) and general sensory (GSA) -- supplies sensation for most of the face

Question 47

Main Opthalmic nerve branches

Answer 47

Lacrimal, frontal, nasociliary, mengineal branch

Question 48

Main Maxillary nerve branches

Answer 48

Zygomatic, infraorbital, superior alveolar, palatine, meningeal

Question 49

Main Mandibular nerve branches

Answer 49

Buccal, lingual, inferior alveolar, auriculotemporal, medial and lateral ptergoid, massateric, deep temporal and mylohyoid

Question 50

If there is a lesion on the right side of CN XII what happens?

Answer 50

Tongue will be angled toward the right

Question 51

What does the CN XII supply?

Answer 51

All intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the tongue besides 1 (palatoglossus)

Question 52

What does the CN XI supply?

Answer 52

Sternomastoid and trapezius muscles

Question 53

What does the CN VIII supply?

Answer 53

Sensory -- auditory and balance

Question 54

What is the pneumonic for the facial nerve branches?

Answer 54

Tiny zebra bit my cheek | temporal, zygomatic, buccal, mandibular, cervical