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Cranial Nerves
Cranial Nerves: foramina, source, motor/sensory
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Anatomy
Graduate
11/11/2009
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Term
CN I
 Definition
Name: Olfactory/
Source: forebrain /
Designation: Sensory /
Foramen: Foramina of Cribiform Plate
Term
CN II
 Definition
Name: Optic /
Source: Forebrain/
Foramen: Optic canal-optic chiasm-optic tract /
Term
CN III
 Definition
Name: Occulomotor /
Source: occulomotor nuclei of midbrain/
Designation: Motor/
Course: superior orbital fissure
Term
CN IV
 Definition
Name: Trochlear /
Source: trochlear nucleus of midbrain/
Designation: Motor - superior oblique /
Course: superior orbital fissure/
Misc: Smallest cranial nerve, only one deriving from dorsum of brainstem
Term
CN V
 Definition
Name: Trigeminal /
Source: Pons /
Designation: Motor/Sensory /
Course: Opthalmic, maxillary, and Mandibular branches /
Term
CN V, Ophthalmic Branch
 Definition
Name: Trigeminal V1 /
Source: pons /
Designation: Motor/
Course: superior orbital fissure/
Term
CN V, Maxillary Branch
 Definition
Name: Trigeminal V2/
Source: pons/
Designation: Sensory /
Course: Foramen Rotudum-pterygopalatine fossa-mucous glands of nasal cavity & palate, lacriminal gland /
Term
CN V, Mandibular Branch
 Definition
Name: Trigeminal V3/
Source: Pons/
Designation:Motor/Sensory /
Course: Foramen Ovale
Term
CN VI
 Definition
Name: Abducens /
Source: Pons /
Designation: Motor- Lateral Rectus /
Course: superior orbital fissure
Term
CN VII
 Definition
Name: Facial/
Source: pons/medulla /
Designation: Sensory/Motor/
Course: internal acoustic meatus-facial canal-exits stylomastoid foramen
Term
CN VIII
 Definition
Name: Acoustic/vestibulocochlear /
Source: Pons/medulla /
Designation: Sensory /
Course: internal auditory meatus
Term
CN IX
 Definition
Name: Glossopharyngeal /
Source: medulla /
Designation: Sensory/Motor/
Course: exits posterior cranial fossa via jugular foramen
Term
CN X
 Definition
Name: Vagus /
Source: medulla /
Designation: Sensory/Motor/
Course: jugular foramen
Term
CN XI
 Definition
Name: Spinal Accesory/
Source: cranial root/spinal root /
Designation: Motor /
Course: jugular foramen(cranial roots join w/vagus), foramen magnum(spinal roots ascend)
Term
CN XII
 Definition
Name: Hypoglossal /
Source: medulla /
Designation: Sensory/Motor/
Course: posterior cranial fossa via jugular foramen
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