PNS Flashcards
(102 cards)
composed of the cranial nerves arising from the brain and spinal nerves

Peripheral nervous system
most anterior sensory nerve; transverses the formamina in the ethmodial cribriform plate

olefactory nerve I
senesory: smell
tip of the nerve

olfactory bulb
impluses pass through here to the cerebral cortex to be interperpeted

olfactory bulb
anterior portion leading to eye; passes through the opic canal

optic nerve II
sensory; sight
middle portion of the X

optic chiasm
where it comes together
posterior portion that leads posteriory to the thalumus

optic tract
motor: ciliary muscles, constricts pupil, extrinsic eye muscles except superior oblique and lateral rectus

oculomotor nerve III
motor:superior oblique muscle of the eye

trochlear nerve IV
largest cranial nerve

trigeminal nerve V
patricks armpit
innervates scalp and forehead region

ophthalmic division V1
through the foramen rotumdum to the upper jaw region

maxillary division V2
through the foramen ovale to the lower jaw region

mandibular division V3
motor: lateral rectus of eye

abducens nerve VI
sensory: taste (anterior 2/3 of tounge)
Moter: muscels of facial expression, secretion of saliva and tears

facial nerve VII
Sensory: hearing balance and posture

vestibulocochlear nerve VIII
sensory: taste (posterior 1/3 of tounge)
motor: smallowing and secretion of saliva

glossopharyngeal nerve IX
sensory and motor: 70% of the parasympathetic division of the ANS

Vagus nerve X
Motor: trapezius and sternoclediomastoid

accessory nerve XI
Motor: muscles of the tongue

hypoglossal nerve XII
group of nerves that supply the upper limbs

brachial plexus
Y nerve

Median nerve

ulnar nerve

radial nerve




































































