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This cranial nerve is the major sensory nerve of the face and innervates muscles derived from the 1st pharyngeal arch?
Trigeminal
What fiber types are carried by the trigeminal nerve?
SVE and GSA
What does the motor component of the trigeminal innervate?
Muscles of mastication, tensor tympani, tensor veli palatini, mylohyoid, and anterior belly of the digastric
Where does the trigeminal nerve emerge?
from the anterolateral portion of the pons
What division of the trigeminal exits the skull at the superior orbital fissure?
Opthalmic
Where does the maxillary division exit the skull?
Foramen rotundum
Where does the mandibular division exit the skull?
At the foramen ovale
What is the most superior and medial division of the trigeminal?
Opthalmic
The opthalmic division contains fibers of (GSA, SVE, both, neither)?
GSA
What are the three main branches of the opthalmic division?
Nasociliary, frontal, lacrimal
This nerve courses along the upper border of the lateral rectus muscle?
Lacrimal
What does the lacrimal nerve receive from the maxillary nerve?
postganglionic parasympathetics from the pterygopslstine ganglion via a communicating branch of the maxillary, the zygomatico-temporal
What does the lacrimal nerve innervate?
lacrimal gland and lateral part of the upper eyelid
This nerve passes on the levator palpebrae superioris muscle?
Frontal nerve
What does the frontal nerve divide into?
The supraorbital and supratrochlear nerves
This nerve innervates sensation of the skin and conjuctiva of the upper eyelid as well as th lateral forehead and the scalp as far superiorly as the vertex?
Supraorbital Nerve
This nerve innervates sensation of the skin of the medial side of the upper eyelid and the root of the nose and the adjacent forehead?
Supratrochlear nerve
What is the path of the nasociliary nerve in relationship to the optic nerve?
Initially lateral > crosess over > runs obliquely to the medial wall
What does the nasociliary give off as it crosses over the optic nerve?
Long ciliary nerves
What are the two terminal branches of the nasociliary nerve?
Anterior ethmoidal and infratrochlear nerves
After leaving the anterior ethmoidal foramen, the anterior ethmoidal nerve takes a course in the anterior cranial fossa over the cribiform plate and then through it into the nasal cavity to finally end on the face as what nerve?
External Nasal Branch
What nerves provide sensory information from the cornea?
Long ciliary nerves
Long ciliary nerves act as a taci bringing what to the dilator pupillae muscle of the iris?
Motor sympathetic innervation
What nerve gives sensation on the skin of the lower half of the nose
Anterior ethmoidal nerve
This nerve provides sensory innervation of the lacrimal sac, skin of the eylids medially and skin on the side of the nose?
Infratrochlear nerve
Most of the branches of V2 aris ein what fossa?
Pterygopalatine fossa
Where does the terminal branch of V2 leave the pterygopalatine fossa?
inferior orbital fissure (infraorbital nerve)
What is the only branch of the main trunk of the maxillary nerve that doesn’t originate from the pterygopalatine fossa?
Meningeal
What artery does the meningeal nerve course with?
Middle meningeal nerve
These connecting branches go through the pterygopalatine ganglion without synapsing through them?
Ganglionic branches
The zygomatic nerve leaves the pterygopalatine fossa through what opening?
Inferior orbital fissure
What dos the zygomatic nerve divide into while on the lateral wall of the orbit?
zygomaticotemporal and zygomaticofacial nerves
The zygomatiotemporal and zygomaticofacial give sensory innervation to what part of the face?
Lateral cheek and temple
The posterior superior alveolar nerve leaves the pterygopalatine fossa thorugh what ?
Pterygomaxillary fissure
posterior superior alveolar nerve gives sensory innervation to the?
uper molars and maxillary sinus
What is the terminal branch of V2?
Infraorbital nerve
Within the infraorbital canal, what arises from the infraorbital nerve?
middle and anterior superior alveolar nerves
What nerves, when affeceted, give people the misconception of a toothache when they actually have sinusitis?
Superior alveolar branches of the maxillary and infraorbital
This is the only division of the trigeminal that contains both motor and sensory fibers?
Mandibular division
What do the SVE fibers of the mandibular division of the trigeminal supply?
Muscles of mastication, tensor tympani, tensor veli palatini, mylohyoid, and anterior belly of the digastric
What is the only branch of the anterior division of the mandibular that is sensory?
Buccal nerve
The infratemporal surface of the maxilla (tuberosity) is what wall of the pterygopalatine fossa?
Anterior
The pterygoid process of the sphenoid is which wall of the pterygopalatine fossa?
Posterior
The perpendicular plate of the palatine is which wall of the pterygopalatine fossa?
Medial
The pterygomaxillary fissure is which wll of the pterygopalatine fossa?
Lateral
The sphenopalatine foramen is located on which wall of the pterygopalatine fossa
medial
Both the pterygoid canal and the pharyngeal canal are located on this wall of the pterygopalatine fossa
Posterior
This opening is located on the anterior wall of the pterygopalatine fossa?
Inferior orbital fissure
What are the contents of the pterygopalatine fossa?
maxillary artery/vein; pterygopalatine ganglion; maxillary nerve
The pterygopalatine ganglion contains neurons of what type?
Parasympathetic
Parasympathetic fibers heading into the pterygopalatine ganglion come from what nerves?
Greater petrosal nerve and the nerve of the pterygoid canal
Sympathetics from the plexus on the ICA and sensory fibers from the maxillary nerve (do/do not) synapse in the ganglion?
Do Not
This nerve arises from the pterygopalatine ganglion and courses through the sphenopalatine foramen to supply the nasal cavity?
Nasopaltine nerve
The nasopalatine nerve provides sensory innervation to what?
Nasal septum and oral mucosa
This nerve innervates the mucosa of the hard palate and originates from the pterygopalatine fossa?
Greater palatine nerve
This nerve innervates the soft palate and originates from the pterygopalatine fossa?
Lesser palatine nerve
This nerve innervates the mucosa of the nasopharynx and originates in the pterygopalatine fossa?
Pharyngeal branch
A patient comes in with left sided anasthesia of the face, along with loss of the corneal reflex. When asked to speak his mandible moves to the left side. What is most likely his problem?
Left sided trigeminal nerve lesion
What is trigeminal neuralgia or Tic Douloureux?
a condition of the sensory part of V, affects areas of distribution of the maxillary and/or mandibular branches, Very painful
What is a common viral infection affecting the trigeminal nerve?
Herpes Zoster
Where do the SVE fibers of the facial nerve originate from (where are there cell bodies)?
Facial motor nucleus of the pons
What nucleus do axons fo the facial nucleus loop around on their way out of the pons?
Abducens nucleus
Where do axons of the facial motor nucleus exit the pons?
cerebellopontine angle (as motor root of CN VII)
Which pharangyeal arch do the fibers of the facial motor nucleus innervate?
2nd
GVE fibers of the facial nerve originate in this nucleus?
Superior salivary nucleus
GVE fibers of the facial nerve exit the brainstem at the cerebellopontine angle as part of which nerve?
Intermediate nerve
What is the spatial relationchip for the three nerves that exit the cerebellpontine angle?
From lateral to medial (VIII, Intermediate, motor of VII)
What do the GVE fibers of VII do?
Provide parasympathetic innervation for the submandibular, sublingual and lacrimal glands
This fiber component of VII carries taste information from the anterior 2/3 of the tongue?
SVA
Where are the cell bodies of the SVA fbers of VII located?
geniculate ganglion
Processes carrying SVA fibers from the geniculate body enter the brain with which nerve, and where do they terminate?
intermediate nerve, and terminate in solitary nucleus
This fiber type of VII provides cutaneous sensation from a small region near the external auditory meatus?
GSA fibers
Processes carrying GSA fibers from the geniculate body enter the brain with which nerve, and where do they terminate?
intermediate nerve and terminate at the spinal V nucleus
After exiting the cerebellopontine angle, what course does motor/intermediate of VII take?
laterally in posterior cranial fossa into the internal auditory meatus with CNVIII
Where do the motor root and intermediate root of VII merge to form the facial nerve?
At the distal end of the internal auditory meatus
This canal is located abov the bony vestibule of the inner ear and houses one of the nerves that traverses the internal auditory meatus?
Facial canal
Where is the geniculate ganglion located in relationshiop to the tympanic cavity?
Medial wall (within the facial canal)
What is the name of the sensory ganglion associated with facial nerve VII?
geniculate ganglion
Geniculate ganglion contains cell bodies of this fiber type (GSA, SVA, both, neither)?
Both
Does the geniculate ganglion have any synapses within it?
No
What two changes occur to the facial nerve at the site of the geniculate ganglion?
greater petrosal branches from it; it bends posteriorly abruptly
Which wall does the facial nerve descend after the geniculate ganglion (in tympanic cavity)?
Posterior
What two nerves does the facial nerve give ff during it's descent down the posterior wall of the tympanic cavity?
nerve to stapedius and chorda tympani
Where does the facial nerve exit the skull?
stylomastoid foramen
what is the relationship between the retromandibular vein and the eca to the facial nerve within the parotid gland?
Facial is superficial to the both
Sve fibers that leave the facial nerve in the tympanic cavity innervate what?
The stapedius muscle
SVE fibers leaving the facial just below the stylomastoid foramen form what?
posterior auricular branch (occipitalis muscle) and nerves to the posterior digastric and stylohyoid muscles
What does the greater petrosal nerve do?
parasympathetic input to the lacrimal gland
After leaving the geniculate ganglion and traveling in the groove for the greater petrosal, what nerve joins the greater petrosal at the foramen lacerum?
Deep petrosal nerve
what nerve is created by the joining of the greater petrosal and the deep petrosal?
nerve of the pterygoid canal
What kinds of fiber does the deep petrosal nerve have?
postganglionic sympathetic fibers from the superior cervical ganglion
The nerve of the pterygoid canal has fibers of what (parasympathetic, sympathetic, both, neither)
Both (preganglionic parasympathetic of VII and postganglionic sympathetic from ICA)
Which fibers of the nerve of the pterygoid canal synapse on the pterygopalatine ganglion (sympathetic, parasympathetic, both, neither)?
parasympathetic (preganglionic; the sympathetics are postganglionic)
Where do the GVE fibers for the submandibular/sublingual enter after coursing along the facial past the geniculate?
The Chorda Tympani
What is the relationship of the chorda tympani and the handle of the malleus?
It courses medial to it
How does the chorda tympani get to the infratemporal fossa
Passes through the petrotympanic fissure
What nerve does the chorda tympani join within the infratemporal fossa?
Lingual nerve
GVE fibers from the chorda tympani continue with the lingual and synapse where (in the oral cavity)?
Submandibular ganglion
Taste receptors on the anterior 2/3 of the tongue receive innervation from what fiber types and from what nerve?
SVA fibers of CN VII
What is the path for the fibers from the taste receptors on the anterior 2/3 of tongue?
lingual > chorda tympani > Facial nerve > Intermediate nerve > solitary tract > solitary nucleus
What is the pathway for fibers that innervate cutaneous regions near the external auditory meatus?
Facial nerve > intermediate nerve > spinal V tract > spinal V nucleus
What is the key clinical features of lesions of the facial nerve?
paralysis or weakness of facial musculature
What are the possible locations for lower motor neuron damage commonly referred to peripheral facial nerve palsy?
motor root of CN VII, motor nucleus of VII (lower pons), ventral lower pons (where SVE fbers exit the brainstem)
Peripheral facial nerve palsy is characterized by paresis of what?
Entire ipsilateral face
A patient comes in and you notice his right eyebrow and corner of mouth is drooped, and right corneal reflex is absent, what is a likely problem?
Lower motor neuron lesion of R facial nerve (peripheral facial nerve palsy)
If a patient has ipsilateral hyperacusis, where is the lesion?
facial nerve PROXIMAL to the nerve to the stapedius (sounds percieved louder)
If a lesion occurs in the facial nerve proximal to the origin of the chorda tympani, aside from other clinical features, what two things would the patient have?
ipsilateral reduced salivary secretion and ipsilateral impaired taste sensation (anterior 2/3)
Ipsilateral dry eye occurs with facial nerve lesions proximal to the origin of what nerve?
Greater petrosal nerve
What exacerbates ipsilateral dry eye (impaired lacrimal secretion) with peripheral facial nerve palsy?
Inability to close the eye
A common disorder of the facial nerve that leads to a gradual unilateral impairment of all divisions is called what?
Bell's Palsy
A lesion of the corticobulbar system will cause what kind of dysfunction?
Upper motor neuron facial palsy or voluntary central facial palsy
These are the principal upper motor neurons for the lower motor neurons (SVE and GSE) of several cranial nerves?
Corticobulbar fibers
Where are corticobulbar neurons located?
in the face area of the primary motor cortex
Corticobulbar fibers DO NOT innervate GSE neurons in which 3 cranial nerve nuclei?
3,4,6
What four nuclei do corticobulbar fibers terminate on directly?
LMNs of motor nucleus V, motor nucleus VII, nucleus ambiguus, hypoglossal nucleus
Do unilateral lesions of the corticobulbar system impair the function of muscles innervated by motor nucleus V, nucleus ambiguus, or hypoglossal nucleus?
No (corticobulbar input to these three nuclei is bilateral)
A unilateral lesion of the corticobulbar system produces paralysis of the muscles of what?
contralateral LOWER face
SVE neurons that innervate muscles of the upper part of the face receive (unilateral, bilateral) input from the corticobulbar system?
Bilateral (Upper face)
SVE neurons that innervate muscles of the lower part of the face receive (crossed, uncrossed, both, neither) corticobulbar fibers ?
Crossed only
What two things remain intact in voluntary central facial palsy than in peripheral facial palsy?
corneal reflex and voluntary movements of the upper face
What is the indication that input to the facial motor nucleus for emotional facial movements DOES NOT involve corticobulbar system?
Retained emotionally motivated facial movements in voluntary central facial palsy
Emotional facial palsy is characterized as what?
paresis of lower facial muscles in response to emotional stimuli with NO impairment of voluntary facial expression
Where are the associated lesions for emotional facial palsy?
R frontal lobe; Anterior thalamus; Anterior limb of internal capsule
What are the four fiber types of facial nerve?
SVE, GVE, SVA, GSA
Cell body location of the SVE fibers of the facial nerve?
Facial motor nucleus
What fiber type is found in the superior salivatory nucleus (VII)?
GVE
Superior salivatory nucleus provides innervation to what
Lacrimal gland (via greater petrosal); Submadibular and sublingual (via chorda tympani)
These two bones form the roof of the orbit?
Orbital plate of the frontal; Lesser wing of the sphenoid
These two bones form the lateral wall of the orbit?
zygomatic and greater wing of the sphenoid
These three bones form the floor of the orbit?
maxilla, zygomatic, and palatine
These four bones make up the medial wall of the orbit?
maxilla, lacrimal, ethmoid, sphenoid
This orbital opening lies in the junction of the roof and medial wall b/w the two roots of the lesser wing of the sphenoid
Optic canal
This orbital opening is bounded by the greater and lesser wings of the sphenoid?
Superior orbital fissure
What are the three principle orbital openings?
optic canal, superior orbital fissure, inferior orbital fissure
What are the three fascia of the orbit?
Periorbita, bulbar sheath, muscular fasciae
The periorbita is what?
Periosteum fo the bones surrounding the walls of the orbit
Which fascia surrounds the lacrimal gland?
Periorbita
The bulbar sheath covers all of the eyeball except for what?
The cornea
Which fascia of the orbit give off fibrous expansions that act as check ligaments?
Muscular fascia
The medial check ligament extends from what muscle and to what bone?
medial rectus to the lacrimal bone
The lateral check ligament extends from what muscle to what bone?
Lateral rectus to the zygomatic
What originates from the common tendinous ring in the orbit?
The four rectus muscles
What four nerves does the common tendinous ring encircle?
optic, oculomotor, abducens, nasociliary
What two structures pass through the optic canal?
Optic nerve and opthalmic artery
What structures pass through the superior orbital fissure THROUGH the common tendinous ring?
oculomotor, abducens, nasociliary
What structures pass through the superior orbital fissure ABOVE the common tendinous ring?
Frontal nerve, Lacrimal nerve, Trochlear nerve, Superior opthalmic vein
What structures pass through the inferior orbital fissure?
Inferior opthalmic vein, infraorbital nerve, zygomatic branches of V2
What are the three motor nerves that supply muscles of the orbit?
Oculomotor, trochlear, Abducens
Preganglionic parasympathetics found in the oculomotor synapse in what ganglion?
Ciliary ganglion
Describe the course of CNIII?
interpeduncular fossa > lateral wall of cavernous sinus > divides into superior and inferior > superior orbital fissure
Which division of CNIII supplies the levator palpebrae and superior rectus?
Superior Division
Which muscles does the inferior division of the oculomotor nerve supply?
medial rectus, inferior rectus, inferior oblique
What is the only cranial nerve that emerges from the brain on the dorsal surface?
Trochlear
What nerve innervates the superior oblique muscle?
Trochlear
The abducens innervates which muscle?
lateral rectus muscle
What do parasympathetic fibers from the oculomotor nerve supply?
sphincter pupillae and ciliary muscles
What do parasympathetic fibers from the facial nerve supply?
Lacrimal gland
What do the sympathetic fibers in the orbit supply?
Dilator pupillae muscles
Downward and abducted eye position due to the unopposed action of the superior oblique and lateral rectus can be a result of damage to which nerve?
Oculomotor
What is strabismus?
inability to direct both eyes toward the same object…will produce diplopia
Damage to the oculomotor and paralysis of this muscle will lead to ptosis (lid droop)?
Levator palpebrae
Dilation of the pupil, in oculomotor damage, is a result of what?
Loss of parasympathetic innervation of the pupillary constrictors
Extorsion of the affected eye due to the unopposed action of the inferior oblique can be caused by damage to what nerve?
Trochlear (paralysis of superior oblique)
A patient comes in tilting his head to the left. He says that he does this in order to prevent a vertical double vision that occurs. Where is the possible damage?
R trochlear nerve
paralysis of the lateral rectus muscle resulting in the inability to abduct the affected eye beyond the midline of gaze is a result of damage to what nerve?
Abducens
A patient comes in with his right eye deviated medially, he complains of medial strabismus and horizontal diplopia. Where is his damage?
R abducens
What are the sensory nerves found in the orbit?
Optic, opthalmic and maxillary
This sensory nerve in the orbit is formed by axons of the ganglion cells of the retina?
Optic nerve
What artery enters the optic nerve halfway along its length?
Central artery of the retina
How many ocular muscles are there?
7
Which is the only ocular muscle that doesn't move the eyeball, but rather elevates the upper eyelid?
Levator palpebrae superioris
What innervates the superior rectus?
Superior division of the oculomotor
What innervates the inferior rectus?
inferior division of the oculomotor
What innervates the medial rectus?
inferior division of the oculomotor
What innervates the lateral rectus?
Abducens nerve
What innervates the superior oblique?
trochlear nerve
what innervates the inferior oblique?
inferior division of the oculomotor
What innervates the levator palpebrae superioris?
superior division of oculomotor and sympathetics
Levator palpebrae superioris has (striated, smooth muscle, both, neither)?
Both
Which muscles adduct the globe?
superior rectus, inferior rectus, and medial rectus
Which muscles abduct the globe?
lateral rectus, superior oblique, inferior oblique
Which muscles elevate the globe?
superior rectus, inferior oblique
Which muscles depress the globe?
superior oblique and inferior rectus
What are the three distinct actions of the accomodation reflex?
convergence of the eyes, accomodation, constriction of the pupil
The eye at rest, are the suspensory ligaments tensed or relaxed?
Tensed, and the lens is flattened
How does near vision change the shape of the lens to more rounded?
Ciliary nerves innervating ciliary muscles causes these muslce to contract and pull the ciliary processes toward the central axis thereby decreasing the tension of the suspensory ligaments and causing the lens to revert back to its rounded shape
What does the short ciliary nerves innervate?
ciliary muscle and sphincter pupillae muscle of the iris
Miosis is caused by contraction of which muscle?
sphincter pupillae muscle
What is the main artery supplying the orbital structures?
opthalmic artery
The opthalmic artery arises from what artery?
ICA
Within the orbit, the opthalmic artery crosses the optic nerve from what side to what side?
lateral to medial (over the nerve)
The opthalmic terminates in the medial corner of the eye into these two arteries?
dorsal nasal and supratrochlear
This artery branches off the opthalmic and is the sole supply to the retina?
central artery of the retina
What are the principla veins of the orbit and the eyeball?
superior and inferior opthalmic (drain into the cavernous sinus and infraorbital vein)
What are the clinical application of the opthalmic veins?
they connect the facial vein with cavernous sinus and provide a path for spread of infection to intracranial spaces
decrease blood supply to somatic muscle (parasympathetic or sympathetic)
parasympathetic
slow heart reat (parasympathetic or sympathetic)
parasympathetic
constric pupil (parasympathetic or sympathetic)
parasympathetic
Parasympathetic is often called craniosacral outflow because?
transmitted by cranial and sacral (S2-S4) nerves
What are the effector tissues for parasympathetic innervation?
smoth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands
In the thorax, abdomen and pelvis, where are the postganglionic cell bodies located?
un-named autonomic ganglia WITHIN the wall of effector tissue (vs the head and neck)
Are the postganglionic cell bodies of parasympathetics of the head and neck located within the effectro tissue?
NO
Which postganglionic axons are longer? (head and neck ; thorax, abdomne and pelvis)?
Head and Neck
What three nerves carry parasympathetics in the head and neck?
3,7,9
What are the 4 parasympathetic gamglion for the head and neck?
ciliary, otic, pterygopalatine, submandibular (COPS)
Which nerves innervate the specific parasympathetic ganglion of the head and neck?
3 innervates ciliary, 9 innervates otic, 7 innervates pterygopalatine and submandibular)
In most cases, which nerve do the parasympathetics hitch-hike on due to it'as broad distribution in the head and neck region?
CN V
Are there any parasympathetic functions of CN V?
NO
What two smooth muscles of the eye are effector tissues for parasympathetics?
sphincter pupillae and ciliary muscle
Which muscle constricts the pupil?
sphincter pupillae
Which muscle relaxes the suspensory ligaments of the eye to accommodate for near-vision?
ciliary muscle
Secretomotor innervation of the parotid gland is carried out by parasympathetics from this nerve?
CN 9
Where are the preganglionic parasympathetic cell bodies for cranial nerve 9 located?
Inferior salivatory nucleus (upper medulla)
What path do the preganglionic fibers leaving the inferior salivatory nucleu take to get to the Otic ganglion?
CN 9 > tympanic nerve> tympanic plexus > lesser petrosal
Postganglionic parasympathetic fibers from the Otic ganglion hitch-hike on what nerve in order to reach the parotid?
Auriculotemporal nerve (posterior divison of V3)
The lesser petrosal nerve carries (parasympathetic, sympathetic, both, neither)
Both (remember the sympathetics it gets from the tympanic plexus on the promontory)
Where are the preganglionic parasympathetic cell bodies for cranial nerve 7?
superior salivatory nucleus
The parasympathetics of CN 7 leave the brainstem in what nerve?
intermediate nerve
What is the path for the preganglionic parasympathetics to the lacrimal gland?
superior salivatory nucleus > intermediate nerve > facial nerve > greater petrosal > nerve to the pterygopalatine canal > pterygopalatine ganglion > hitch-hike CN V2 then CN V1 then lacrimal nerve > lacrimal gland
What is the path for the preganglionic parasympathetics to the sublingual and submandibular glands?
superior salivatory nucleus > intermediate nerve > facial nerve > chorda tympani > Lingual taxi > submandibular ganglion > Lingual taxi >glands
Chorda tympani contains (GVE, SVA, both, neither)?
Both (SVA from anterior 2/3 of tongue)
ipsilateral impairment of lacrimation AND salivation can be due to a lesion (proximal or distal ) to the geniculate ganglion of VII?
Proximal
What impairment will result for a lesion of VII distal to the geniculate ganglion?
Impairment of salivation but persistance of lacrimation
The deep petrosal nerve donates what kinds of fibers to the greater petrosal to form the nerve of the pterygoid canal?
Postganglionic sympathetics
Where are the preganglionic parasympathetic cell bodies located for CN III?
Edinger-Westphal (GVE nucleus in the midbrain)
What is the pathway for parasympathetic innervation of the ciliary muscles?
Edinger-Westphal > CN 3 > inferior ramus of CN 3 > ciliary ganglion > short ciliary nerve > muscle
Loss of pupillary light reflex and accomodation, or a fully dilated pupil can be a sign of damage to which nerve?
ipsilateral CN 3
Where are the preganglionic sympathetic cell bodies for innervation of the head located?
intermediolateral cell column of T1 - T4
Where are the postganglionic cell bodies found for sympathetic innervation of the head?
superior cervical ganglion
What are the postganglionic sympathetic nerves of the head?
internal and external carotid nerves (sympathetic plexus around these two arteries)
What are the effector tissues for sympathetics of the head?
glands and smooth muscle of blood vessels
Postganglionic cell bodies for segmental sympathetic innervation of sweat glands and smooth muscles of the head are located where?
superior, middle, and inferior cervical ganglion
What are the dermatome levels assosicated with the superior, middle, and inferior cervical ganglion?
C1-C4 (superior), C5-C6 (middle), C7-C8 (inferior)
Sympathetics leaving the internal carotid plexus and then going to the superior ramus of CN III are going to what muscle?
Levator palpebrae smooth muscle
What is the path that postganglionic sympathetics take from the internal carotid plexus to the Dilator pupillae muscles?
internal carotid plexus > opthalmic artery plexus > nasociliary nerve > long ciliary nerve
What is the smooth muscle portion of the levator palpebrae called?
Superior tarsal muscle
What are the effector tissues for sympathetic innervation of the eye/orbit?
dilator pupillae of the iris, superior tarsal muscle
What are the clinical signs and symptomps of Horners?
pseudoptosis, redness, enophthalmos, miosis, dryness
Which symptom of horners is sinking of the eyball into the orbit?
Enophthalmos
What can you lesion to produce ipsilateral horners syndrome?
descending autonomics, intermediolateral cell columns of T1-T4, T1-T4 ventral roots, T1-T4 spinal nerves, cervical sympathetic trunk, superior cervical ganglion