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Cranial Nerves
Question | Answer |
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What is the better study to visualize nerves? | MRI |
What study shows cranial nerve II (optic nerve)? | orbit study |
Which study shows the acoustic nerve? | IAC |
What study shows the facial nerve? | IAC |
nerve responsible for smell? | olfactory |
nerve responsible for visual signals? | optic nerve |
controls all muscles except for lateral rectus & superior oblique | oculomotor |
controls superior oblique muscles of eyes | trochlear |
what are the 3 branches of the trigeminal nerve? | ophthalmic, mandibular, & maxillary |
sends signals from face to eyes | opthalamic |
controls areas of the tongue | mandibular |
sensory info from teeth (chewing) | maxillary |
controls eyeball laterally | abducens |
controls facial expressions | facial nerve |
equilibrium & hearing | vestibulocochlear |
serves the pharynx (throat) for swallowing, posterior 3rd of tongue, & parotid salivary glands (taste & swallowing) | glossopharyngeal |
aka wandering nerve | vagus |
controls HR, gastric motility, respiration, BP, muscles of neck (pharynx &larynx) | vagus |
serves muscles that move head, neck, & shoulders (involved in voice production) | accessory |
serves muscles of the tongue | hypoglossal |
cranial nerves anterior to pons? | 1-4 |
cranial nerves posterior to pons? | 5-12 |
the cranial nerves go up as you go: | anterior to posterior |