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The Nervous System III: The Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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PNS consists of the nervous system structures   show
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the nerves thread through   show
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show cord-like organs in the PNS consisting of many axons arranged in parallel bundles which are enclosed by successive wrappings of CT  
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show external tough fibrous CT sheath surrounding a whole nerve, which consists of several fascicles and blood vessels  
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fascicles   show
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perineurium   show
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show nerve-blood barrier  
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endoneurium   show
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most nerves are   show
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show PNS via cranial and spinal nerves  
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the PNS is further subdivided into two divisions   show
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show somatic and visceral sensory areas  
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the motor (efferent) division contains   show
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show autonomic nervous system (ANS) and the brachial motor division  
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show most of the same organ but generally cause opposing or antagonistic effects  
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the divisions of the ANS are   show
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parasympathetic   show
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sympathetic   show
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basic structural components of the PNS   show
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show stimuli from inside and outside the body then initiate impulses in sensory axons  
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the two main categories of peripheral sensory receptors   show
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complete receptor cells =   show
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receptors may be classified by the   show
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show axon terminals of motor neurons that innervate effectors  
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show muscles and glands  
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innervation of skeletal muscles - neuromuscular junctions are also known as   show
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show neurotransmitter that diffuses across the synaptic cleft and binds to receptors on the sarcolemma  
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show impulses which signal the muscle cell to contract  
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motor unit   show
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show near the smooth muscle or gland cells that are innervated, a motor axon swells into a row of VARICOSITIES(knobs) which contain synaptic vesicles filled with neurotransmitters  
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peripheral nerves and ganglia   show
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show cluster of peripheral cell bodies  
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dorsal root ganglion   show
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show 31 pairs of spinal nerves arise from and span the length of the spinal cord  
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31 pairs =   show
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the first branch of each spinal nerve in the thoracic and upper lumbar regions become the...which contains...that continue to an   show
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show unmyelinated fibers...gray ramus and the autonomic nerve  
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show carries axons that innervate glands and smooth muscles in the body wall or limbs back to the spinal nerve  
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autonomic nerve   show
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rami communicates the   show
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show white ramus, gray ramus, dorsal ramus, ventral ramus  
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show a dorsal root and a ventral root  
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show sensory fibers arising from cell bodies in a dorsal root ganglion  
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show motor fibers arising from cell bodies in the anterior horn of the spinal cord  
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show converge and exit the vertebral column as spinal nerves, which branch out as the dorsal ramus and the ventral ramus  
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dorsal ramus supplies   show
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ventral ramus supplies   show
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together the dorsal and ventral rami supply   show
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show specific region of the body surface (dermatome)  
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show an area of skin innervated by the cutaneous branches from a single spinal nerve  
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show damage to either a spinal nerve or DRG will produce a characteristic loss of sensation in specific areas of the skin  
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show complex, interwoven networks of nerves formed by the ventral rami only  
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nerve plexus occurs as   show
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nerve plexus primarily serves the   show
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show neck, is buried deep in the neck, under the sternocleidomastoid muscle  
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the cervical plexus is formed by   show
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show skin of neck, back of head and most superior region of shoulder  
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the phrenic nerves of cervical plexus supply the   show
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show upper extremity/limb  
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show neck and in the axilla  
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brachial plexus formed by the   show
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show pectoral girdle and upper extremity  
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show five consecutive groups of stems and branches, including the nerves they form  
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the roots of the ventral rami of C5-T1 converge to form the   show
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trunks (superior, middle, inferior) -each of which divides into an   show
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show cords  
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show lateral, medial, posterior  
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show anterior division on the superior and middle trunks  
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show continuation of the anterior division of the inferior trunk  
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posterior cord is formed by the   show
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show one or more trunks or cords whose names indicate their positions relative to the axillary artery which supplies the upper limb  
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show lateral and medial cords  
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musculocutaneous nerve is formed exclusively by the   show
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show medial cord  
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show posterior cord  
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radial nerve is formed by the   show
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lumbar plexus   show
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show psoas major muscle in the posterior abdominal wall  
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show ventral T12-L4  
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the lumbar plexus innervates the   show
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show anterior thigh muscles, including quadriceps femoris  
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show adductor muscle group and some skin on superomedial thigh  
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show lower extremity/limb  
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sacral plexus lies   show
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show ventral rami of L4-S4  
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the sacral plexus innervates the   show
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sciatic nerve is the   show
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show lower limb except anterior and medial thigh regions  
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the sciatic nerve is composed of   show
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show all muscles in posterior lower limb  
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show anterolateral aspect of lower limb  
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show gluteal muscles  
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show muscles and skin of perineum  
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cranial nerves attach to the   show
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CN I - XII   show
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CN I attaches to the   show
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show brain stem  
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show head and neck structures, except for CNX which extends into the abdomen  
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show sensory and motor fibers that innervate the head  
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cell bodies of sensory neurons lie either in   show
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show CN nuclei in ventral gray matter of the brain stem  
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show I, II, VIII  
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show special somatic sensory fibers for smell, vision, hearing and equilibrium  
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primarily or exclusively motor nerves   show
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show general somatic motor fibers to skeletal muscles of the eye and tongue  
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mixed nerves   show
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mixed nerves consist of (1)   show
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mixed nerves consist of (2)   show
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show branchial motor fibers to all pharyngeal arch muscles  
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CN I   show
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CN II   show
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CN III   show
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show trochlear nerves  
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CN V   show
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show abducens nerves (adducts eye)  
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show facial nerves  
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show vestibulocochlear nerves  
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CN IX   show
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CN X   show
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show accessory nerves  
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CN XII   show
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olfactory nerves carry   show
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olfactory nerves arise from   show
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show olfactory nerve filaments which pass through the cribriform plate of ethmoid bone  
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anosmia   show
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show afferent impulses for vision  
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show contralateral and ipsilateral...retina to form the optic nerves  
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show optic foramina of the orbits and converge to form the optic chiasma  
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show optic tracts that enter the thalamus and synapse onto the LGN of the thalamus  
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optic nerve fibers then project from   show
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show visual defects  
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damage to the CNII results in   show
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show partial visual loss  
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oculomotor nerves carry   show
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oculomotor nerves innervate   show
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autonomic nervous system efferents   show
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show 4 extrinsic muscles to the midbrain  
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oculomotor nerve paralysis   show
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show laterally, upper eyelid droops (ptosis), double vision and trouble focusing on close objects  
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show somatic efferents to and proprioceptor afferents from the superior oblique muscle  
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show dorsal midbrain and course ventrally around the midbrain to enter the orbits of the eyes via superior orbital fissures of the sphenoid, along with CNIII  
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show double vision and reduced ability to rotate eye inferolaterally  
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trigeminal nerves carry   show
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show branchial efferents for chewing muscles  
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ophthalmic division (VI)   show
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ophthalmic division innervates   show
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ophthalmic division contains afferents from   show
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maxillary division (V2)   show
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maxillary division: afferents from   show
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show afferent fibers run from the face to pons and pass through the skull via foramen ovale of the sphenoid bone  
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mandibular division; afferents from   show
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show to...from muscles of mastication  
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tic doloureux (trigeminal neuralgia)   show
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show symptomatic tics, which involves excruciating, stabbing pain that occurs -100x/day  
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abducens nerves carry mainly   show
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show inferior pons and enter the orbit of the eye via superior orbital fissure  
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show eye cannot be moved laterally, at rest, affected eyeball turns medially  
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facial nerves carry   show
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show pons...temporal bone via internal acoustic meatus and run within temporal bone before emerging through stylomastoid foramen  
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show lateral aspect of the face  
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5 major branches of the face   show
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branchial...to and proprioceptor...from the...   show
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ANS effeents to   show
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afferents from   show
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show paralysis of facial muscles on affected side and parital loss of taste sensation  
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show herpes simplex viral infection which causes inflammation and swelling of CN VIII  
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show afferent impulses for hearing and equilibrium  
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cochlear division of vestibulocochlear nerves carry   show
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show brain stem at pons-medulla border  
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show afferents from equilibrium receptors  
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show central or nerve deafness  
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damage to vestibular division causes   show
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show mixed fibers which innervate part of the tongue and pharynx  
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glossopharyngeal nerve fibers emerge from   show
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show efferents...afferents...stylopharyngeus muscle which elevates the pharynx during swallowing  
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ANS efferents of glossopharyngeal to   show
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afferents of glossopharyngeal conduct   show
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glossopharyngeal afferents from   show
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glossopharyngeal afferents also innervate   show
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CN IX damage   show
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vagus nerves carry   show
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vagus nerves; this is the only CN to   show
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show medulla, pass through skull via jugular foramen, and descend through neck into thorax and abdomen  
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brnachial efferents of vagus to   show
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show heart, lungs, and abdominal viscera  
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show thoracic and abdominal viscera, carotid sinus, carotid and aortic bodies, taste buds of posterior tongue, mucosa of larynx and pharynx  
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vagus nerves also innervate   show
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show muscles of larynx and pharynx  
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show hoarseness or loss of voice, difficulty swallowing, impaired GI mobility  
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total destruction of both CN X is   show
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accesory nerves contain   show
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show branchial efferents from lateral aspect of medulla to larynx, pharynx and soft palate  
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show branchial efferents from superior region of spinal cord to trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles  
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spinal root injury of one CN XI causes head to   show
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show efferents to intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of tongue  
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show series of roots from medulla, exit from the skull via hypoglossal canal to travel to the tongue  
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somatic efferents (hypoglossal nerves) to   show
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show tongue movements that contribute to swallowing and speech  
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CN XII damage causes   show
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both CNII damaged =   show
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