| Cranial Nerve |
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| Type |
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| Innervates |
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| Fxns |
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| Origin |
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| Exits Skull |
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| tests for lesion |
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| 7- Facial Nerve |
mixed and parasympathetic |
facial muscles, middle ear, oral cavity, platysma, stylohyoid, posterior belly digastric |
motor- facial expressions, inner ear. sensory- taste (ant 2/3 tongue). parasym- salivates (submandibular & sublingual glands), mucus secreting, tears (lacrimal gland) |
pons |
internal auditory meatus, stylomastoid foramen, petrotympanic fissure/ PCF |
cannot taste/ cannot cry |
| 8- Vestibulocochlear |
sensory |
inner ear |
hearing, linear acceleration (gravity), angular acceleration (head turning) |
pons |
Internal Auditory Meatus/ PCF |
cannot hear |
| 9- Glossopharyngeal |
mixed and parasympathetic |
pharynx, neck, tongue |
motor- 1 muscle for swallowing. sensory- taste and somatic sensation for post. 1/3 tongue, pharynx, tonsils, sensory to carotid body and sinus. parasymp- salivate (parotid gland) |
medulla |
jugular foramen/ PCF |
gag reflex |
| 10- Vagus |
mixed and parasympathetic |
neck, pharynx, larynx, GI tract, palate |
motor- palate, pharynx, larynx. sensory- larynx and GI. parasymp- smooth muscle of GI and gut |
medulla |
jugular foramen/ PCF |
cannot swallow/ cannot speak |
| 11- Accessory |
motor |
trapezius, sternocleidomastoid |
scapular movement, neck flexion and rotation |
medulla |
jugular foramen/ PCF |
cannot elevate/ retract scapula |
| 12- Hypoglossal |
motor |
all intrinsic and 3 of 4 extrinsic tongue muscles |
tongue movement |
medulla |
hypoglassal canal/ PCF |
cannot protrude tongue |