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Lecture 7 - Cranial Nerves (part 1) Flashcards

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How many paired cranial nerves are there?

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12

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How are the cranial nerves numbered?

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from rostral to caudal

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What do cranial nerves carry both of?

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sensory and motor information

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What are the 6 modalities of cranial nerves?

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sensory: somatic, special, visceral
motor: somatic, branchial, visceral

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What are examples of somatic sensory modalities?

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touch (pain, temperature, vibration)

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What are examples of special sensory modalities?

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vision, hearing, taste, smell, balance

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What are examples of visceral sensory modalities?

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organs (pain)

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What are examples of somatic motor modalities?

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skeletal muscle derived from somites

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What are examples of branchial motor modalities?

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skeletal muscle derived from pharyngeal arches

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What are examples of visceral motor modalities?

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parasympathetic only (craniosacral outflow)

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How do most cranial nerves enter/exit?

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through the brainstem

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Which cranial nerves do not pass through brainstem

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I, II, XI

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What are the 12 cranial nerves?

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olfactory
optic
oculomotor
trochlear
trigeminal
abducens
facial
vestibulocochlear
glossopharyngeal
vagus
spinal accessory
hypoglossal

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Where are the bipolar neurons found in the olfactory nerve?

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olfactory epithelium (roof of nasal cavity)

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What do peripheral processes have?

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cilia

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What are cilia in the nose stimulated by?

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odorous substances

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What foramina does the olfactory nerve travel through?

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the cribriform plate

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Where do bipolar neurons in the olfactory epithelium synapse in?

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the olfactory bulbs

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After synapsing in the olfactory bulbs, where do bipolar neurons go?

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in the cerebral cortex

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What type of modality is the olfactory nerve?

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special sensory

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Where is the olfactory nerve located?

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inferior aspect of frontal lobes

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What is found in the upper nasal cavity?

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dissolved odorants

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Where does the optic nerve transmit visual information?

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from retina into the skull

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Which foramen does the optic nerve pass through?

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the optic canal

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Where is the location of the optic nerve?
exits orbit and contributes to optic chiasm anterior to pituitary gland
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What is the pathway of neurons of the optic nerve?
Some neurons cross the midline at the optic chiasm -> continue as optic tracts with information from left visual field on right (& vice versa) synapse in thalamus (lateral geniculate nucleus) -> then carried to cortex
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Where does the optic nerve synapse before carried to cortex?
in the thalamus
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What are the 3 sections of the brainstem?
midbrain, pons, medulla
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What does the vestibulocochlear nerve transmit to the brain?
balance and auditory information
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What is found in the inner ear and cochlea?
specialized hair cells
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The vestibular and cochlear parts of the ear merge to form the...
vestibulocochlear nerve
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Where does the vestibulochoclear nerve synapse?
in brainstem and thalamus
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What is the modality of the vestibulocochlear nerve?
special sensory (balance and hearing)
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What foramen does the vestibulocochlear nerve pass through?
internal acoustic meatus
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Where does the vestibulocochlear nerve enter from?
enters brainstem between pons and medulla
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What type of modality is the oculomotor nerve?
somatic motor and visceral motor
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Where does the oculomotor nerve exit?
anterior side of midbrain
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What is the modality of the trochlear nerve?
somatic motor
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Where does the trochlear nerve exit?
posterior side of midbrain
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What is the modality of the abducens nerve?
somatic motor
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Where does the abducens nerve enter from?
between the pons and medulla
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What do all three nerves (oculomotor, trochlear and abducens) pass through?
superior orbital fissure
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What direction does each apex of the orbit osteology point in?
posteromedial
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What kind of orientation do the apex cavity create in an orbit osteology?
oblique orientation
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What are the 2 kinds of axes of the eye?
orbital and optical
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How many bones contribute to each orbit?
7
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Where is the optic canal located in the orbit?
at the apex
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What are the 7 bones of the orbit osteology?
1. frontal 2. sphenoid 3. ethmoid 4. palatine 5. lacrimal 6. maxilla 7. zygomatic
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What are the 3 fossae of the orbit osteology?
superior orbital fissure optic canal inferior orbital fissure
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How many extraocular muscles are there?
7
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How many extraocular muscles attach to the eyeball?
6
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What are the 3 rotational axes of the eye?
horizontal, vertical and anteroposterior
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What are the names of the 7 extraocular muscles?
1. medial rectus 2. inferior rectus 3. superior oblique 4. inferior oblique 5. superior rectus 6. lateral rectus 7. levator palpeerde superioris
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What is the attachment site for the extraocular muscles?
common tendinous ring
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What is the function of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle?
elevates the superior eyelid
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Where does the levator palpebrae superioris attach to?
sphenoid bone
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Which part of the eyeball do the rectus muscles attach to?
anterior part
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Which part of the eyeball do the oblique muscles attach to?
posterior part
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Where do the medial and lateral rectus attach?
common tendinous ring and anterior sclera on the medial and lateral sides
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Which axis do the medial and lateral rectus contribute to?
vertical axis
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What movement is produced by the medial rectus?
adduction
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What movement is produced by the lateral rectus?
abduction
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Where do the superior and inferior rectus muscles attach?
common tendinous ring and to the anterior sclera on the superior and inferior aspects
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Which primary axis do the superior and inferior rectus muscles contribute to?
horizontal axis
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What secondary axis do the superior and inferior rectus muscles contribute to?
A-P axis
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What tertiary axis do the superior and inferior rectus muscles contribute to?
vertical axis
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What actions does the superior rectus muscle perform?
elevation, intorsion, adduction
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What actions does the inferior rectus muscle perform?
depression, extortion, adduction
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Why do the superior and inferior rectus muscles perform multi axial actions?
because of the lack of alignment between the optical and orbital axes
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Where does the superior oblique muscle attach to?
the sphenoid & passes through a fibrous sling (trochlea)
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Where does the inferior oblique muscle attach to?
the maxilla on the anteromedial floor of the orbit
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What is the primary, secondary and tertiary axes that the superior and inferior oblique muscles contribute to?
- A-P axis - horizontal axis - vertical axis
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What actions does the superior oblique muscle perform?
intorsion, depression, abduction
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What actions does the inferior oblique muscle perform?
extorsion, elevation, abduction
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How can we test extraocular muscles?
H-test
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what do we do to the optical axis with the line of pull for the SR/IR and SO/IO muscles?
we align them
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How many degrees of abduction are required to align the optical axis with the line of pull for the superior and inferior rectus muscles?
23 degrees
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Which muscle produces 23 degrees of abduction?
the lateral rectus
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How many degrees of adduction are required to align the optical axis with the line of pull for the superior and inferior oblique muscles?
51 degrees
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Which muscle produces 51 degrees of adduction?
medial rectus muscle
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The oculomotor nerve provides somatic motor innervation to which muscles?
levator palpebrae superioris, superior rectus, inferior rectus, medial rectus, + inferior oblique muscles
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The oculomotor nerve provides visceral motor innervation to which muscles?
sphincter muscles and ciliary muscles
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Which muscle does the trochlear nerve provide innervation to?
superior oblique muscle
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Which muscle does the abducens nerve provide innervation to?
lateral rectus muscle
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CN III and VI pass ___ tendinous ring; CN IV passes ___.
through, above
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Where does one of the eyes move to in oculomotor nerve palsy?
bottom corner
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Where does one of the eyes move to in trochlear nerve palsy?
top corner
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Where does one of the eyes move to in abducens nerve palsy?
towards the centre
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Where does parasympathetic innervation of the eye come from?
oculomotor nerve
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Where does the oculomotor nerve synapse in?
ciliary ganglion
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What do the postganglionic oculomotor neurons form?
short ciliary nerves
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Contraction of ciliary muscle ___ its internal diameter + lens becomes more rounded
decreases
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Contraction of sphincter pupillae ____ pupil
constricts
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Where does sympathetic innervation of dilator pupillae come from?
T1-T4 lateral horns

ANAT-316 (25 decks)

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