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(E3) - Cranial Nerves Flashcards

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Olfactory tract and bulb (CN I)

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Optic nerve, chiasm and tracts (CN II)

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Oculomotor nerve (CN III)

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Trochlear nerve (CN IV)

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Trochlear nerve (CN IV)

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Trigeminal nerve (CN V)

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Abducent nerve (CN VI)

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Facial nerve (CN VII)

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Emerges from pontomedullary junction

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Both of these CNs emerge from the lateral medulla - which are they and describe their location in relation to one another.

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Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
and Vagus nerve(CN X)

  • CN IX is superior/rostra
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Spinal accessory nerve (CN XI)

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Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)

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Two cranial nerves arise from
forebrain (prosencephalon)

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Two cranial nerves arise from
midbrain (mesencephalon)

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Skull: What CN passes through the cribiform foramina?

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CN 1 - Olfactory nerve

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Skull: What CN passes through the optic canal?

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Skull: What CN passes through the superior orbital fissure?

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Skull: What CN passes through the foramen rotundum?

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Skull: What CN passes through the foramen ovale?

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Skull: What CN passes through the internal acoustic meatus?

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Skull: What CN passes through the jugular foramen?

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Skull: What CN passes through the hypoglossal canal?

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_______ permits four cranial nerves associated with the eye

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Superior orbital fissure

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_______ permits three cranial nerves associated with structures inferior to head (in addition to some contributions to head)

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Jugular foramen

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Inferior Orbital Fissure
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Foramen spinosum
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Foramen lacerum
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Carotid Canal
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External acoustic meatus
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?
CN 1
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?
CN 2
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?
CN 4
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?
CN 3
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?
CN V1
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?
CN V2
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?
CN V3
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?
CN 6
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?
CN 7
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?
CN 8
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?
CN 9
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?
CN 10
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?
CN 11
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CN Distribution and Function: What cranial nerve is this?
CN 12
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Three cranial nerves are sensory only Also happen to be special sensory (SSA) - What are they?
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_____ and ______ CN's aren’t brainstem derived
CN 1 and CN 2
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Four cranial nerves are mixed (motor and sensory) - What are they?
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Five cranial nerves are motor only - What are they?
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________ forms sensory components of dorsal horn of spinal cord
Alar plate
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______ forms motor components of ventral horn of spinal cord
Basal plate
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______ is longitudinal groove along lateral wall of central canal
sulcus limitans (functional separation between sensory and motor components)
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Within the brainstem sensory components are postioned ____ and motor components are positioned ____
- dorsolateral - ventromedial
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______ nerves are mixed – have sensory and motor components
Spinal
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______ nerves can be mixed or be individual components
Cranial
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Cranial _______ are never mixed but Cranial _______ can be mixed
- nuclei - nerves
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Individual components are separate within CNS as _____
Nuclei
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What are considered "special functions"?
Hearing, smell, taste and sight
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Sensory and Motor Components: Describe General vs Special
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Sensory and Motor Components: Describe Somatic vs Visceral
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Sensory and Motor Components: Describe Afferent vs Efferent
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Sensory and Motor Components: Spinal nerves are only ______
General
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What fiber type is this?
GSA
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What fiber type is this?
GVA
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What fiber type is this?
GVE
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What fiber type is this?
GSE
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What fiber type is this?
SSA
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What fiber type is this?
SVA
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What fiber type is this?
SVE
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What cranial nerves are GSA?
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What cranial nerves are GVA?
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What cranial nerves are GVE?
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What cranial nerves are GSE?
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What cranial nerves are SSA?
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What cranial nerves are SVA?
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What cranial nerves are SVE?
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_____ nucleus is shared by GVA and SVA
Solitary
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What fiber type is this nucleus for?
GSA
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What fiber type is this nucleus for?
GVA
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What fiber type is this nucleus for?
GVE
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What fiber type is this nucleus for?
GSE
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What fiber type is this nucleus for?
SSA
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What fiber type is this nucleus for?
SVA
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What fiber type is this nucleus for?
SVE
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Name the ganglia associated with GSA.
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Name the ganglia associated with GVA.
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Name the ganglia associated with GVE.
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Name the ganglia associated with SVA.
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What are the 4 motor nuclei associated with GVE (and the CN they are for)?
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What are the 4 motor nuclei associated with GSE?
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What are the 4 motor nuclei associated with SVE?
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What is the sensory nuclei associated with SVA taste?
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What are the sensory nuclei associated with GSA?
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What are the sensory nuclei associated with SSA?

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