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Cranial Nerves
Cranial Nerves
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Veterinary Medicine
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12/15/2016

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Term
What nerves are involved with eye movement?
Definition
oculomotor
trochlear
abducens
Term
What nerve controls tongue movement
Definition
hypoglossal
Term
What nerve is involved with taste from the caudal portion of the tongue
Definition
glossopharyngeal
Term
What nerve is involved with taste from the rostral portion of the tongue
Definition
facial
Term
What does the olfactory nerve target?
Definition
ethmoidal conchae
Term
What nerves exit the skull at the orbital fissure
Definition
opthalmic
trochlear
abducens
Term
The only CN to originate on the dorsal aspect of the brainstem
Definition
trochlear
Term
What does the trochlear nerve target? What does it do?
Definition
dorsal oblique muscle of the eye

-levels the eyes when the head is tilted sideways
Term
What nerve exits at the optic canal?
Definition
optic
Term
What are the divisions of the trigeminal nerve?
Definition
Opthalmic
Maxillary
Mandibular
Term
What nerve controls the muscles of mastication
Definition
mandibular
Term
What does the opthalmic nerve do?
Definition
targets cornea & skin around the orbit
Term
What are the branches off the maxillary?
Definition
infraorbital
superior alveolar
smaller palatine/nasal branches
Term
What does the superior alveolar nerve do?/
Definition
sensation of the upper teeth
Term
What are the branches of the mandibular?
Definition
buccal (to cheek)
lingual
inferior alveolar (lower teeth)
Term
What does the abducens nerve do?
Definition
controls the lateral rectus & retractor bulbi muscles

for retracting eyeball & rotating laterally (crosseyed)
Term
The facial nerve exits at the...
Definition
stylomastoid foramen
Term
What does the facial nerve do
Definition
taste @ rostral 2/3 of tongue

parasympathetic stimulation of submandib salivary gland & lacrimal gland

motor contorl of ears, eyelids, lips, nostrils
Term
What does the spinal accessory nerve do?
Definition
motor contol of leg vs body or head/neck vs leg
Term
What does the hypoglossal nerve do
Definition
motor control of intrinsic & extrinsic tongue muscles
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