Cranial Nerve Nuclei Word Scramble
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Name of nucleus | Location | Cranial Nerve(s) | Functional Category | Function |
Accessory | Cervical spinal cord | 11 | SVE | Motor to trapezius & SCM |
Ambiguus | Deep in superior medulla | 9, 10 | SVE | Branchial motor to larynx/pharnyx |
Superior salivatory | Pontine/medullary junction | 7 | GVE | Visceral motor to sublingual, submanibular, and lacrimal glands |
Trigeminal motor | mid-pons | 5 | SVE | Branchial motor to muscles of mastication |
Spinal nucleus of the Trigeminal | lateral to ambiguus in medulla; from C-spinal cord to pons | 5 | GSA | Pain, temp, some touch from head |
Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus | medulla, vagal trigone | 10 | GVE | Sensation thorax & abdomen |
Chief sensory nucleus of V | rostral-pons | 5 | GSA | somatic sensation face/mouth |
Mesencephalic nucleus of V | Lateral to cerebral aqueduct, midbrain | 5 | GSA | Sensation from muscles of mastication and mechanoreceptors from teeth, palate, gums |
Vestibular nuclei | rostral medulla, caudal pons | 8 | SSA | Vestibular |
Trigeminal Motor Nucleus | rostral pons | 5 | GSA | jaw jerk reflex |
Inferior salivatory nucleus | pons-medulla junction | 9 | GVE | Parotid gland |
Facial motor nucleus | caudal pons | 7 | SVE | Motor facial expression |
Solitary nucleus | superior medulla | 7, 9, 10, 11 | GVA, SVA | gustation, feedback from respiratory |
Hypoglossal nucleus | rostral medulla, hypoglossal trigone | 12 | GSE | Tongue |
Cochlear nuclei | rostral medulla | 8 | SSA | hearing |
Oculomotor | midbrain, superior colliculus | 3 | GSE | eye movt |
trochlear | midbrain, inf colliculus | 4 | GSE | eye movt |
abducens | midpons | 6 | GSE | eye movt |
Edinger-Westphal | midbrain, sup colliculus | 3 | GVE | pupil constrictor, ciliary muscle |
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