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What type of 1* neurons have their cell bodies in the vestibular Ganglion?
Bipolar
Where are the 2nd order cell bodies of the the vestibular nerve located?
Vestibular Nuclei
Where is the vestibular nuclei located?
Upper medula/lower pons beneath the vestibular trigon in the floor of the 4th ventricle
What are the most important connections of the vestibular nuclie?
With structures that regulate muscle tone such as the Cerebellum and the LMN of the SC and BS
The feedback from the cerebellum to vestibulare nuclei via ____ allows the cerebellum to influence LMN
ICP
The cerebellum is important for maintaing 2 thing?
Balance and proper eye position
The vestibulospinal tract does what?
Facilitates antigravity (extensor) muscles in maintaining posture
The MLF arises from the vestibular nuclie and has an ascending and descending portion. What does ascending do? and descending?
Ascending- coordinate conjunctave movement of the eyes and visual tracking as the head moves
Descending- coordinates movements of head and neck
Thru the reticular formation the vestibular nuclie affect?
Autonomic nervous system and levels of consciousness
Damage to MLF results in lack of what?
Coordinated eye movements
Damage to the vestibular nerve or nuclei results in?
Dizziness, falling, abnormal eye movement, N & V
What is the most common cause of damage to the vestibular nerve or nuclei?
Acoustic neurom in the cerbellopontine angle
What is the center for lateral gaze? Which is located by?
PPRF- paramedian pontine reticular formation. The abducens nerve
The PPRF does what?
Coordinates movements of medial and lateral recuts muscles via input to the oculomotor and abducens nuclei
What carries the communicationg info for PPRF?
MLF
Damage to the PPRF leads to?
Paralysis of lateral gaze to the side of the lesion.

Medial Strabismus of ips eye
Cannot move contra eye medially past midpoint
Center for vertical gaze is located where? And coordinates which muscles? And is damaged by?
Near periaqueductal gray of Midbrain by sup. colliculus.

Those innervated by CN3 and CN 4.
Pineal tumor
The cortical eye fields relate to what?
Frontal eye fields and Occipital eye fields
Frontal eye movements are voluntary in Area 8. If the person has a seizure the eyes do what? If there is a tumor or stroke the eyes do what?
Stimulation-Seizure eyes go to opposite side.
Destruction- eyes look at lesion
Occipital eye fields are areas 18 and 19 of cortex. What are they involed with?
Fixation of gaze, automatic scanning and accomodation,-convergenc RECOGNITION OF WHAT IS SEEN, COLOR VISION
A lesion of the occipital eye fields does what?
Disrupts reflexes of fixation and accomodation/convergance. Also visual agnosia.
Internuclear opthalmoplegia is the result of damage to the MLF it is the first sign of?
MS
The cochlear nerve enters the BS where?
Enters cerebellobontine angle and carries auditory input
What type of neurons are located in the spiral ganglion?
Bipolar
The 2nd order neurons are located on the dorsal and ventral coclear nuclie where do these lie?
Dorsolateral and ventrolateral to the ICP
Damage 2 what 2 things will result in deafness in ipsilateral ear?
Spiral ganglion, dorsal or ventral cochlear nuclei.
What areas would allow for minimal loss of hearing in the contralateral ear?
Inferior colliculus, Medial geniculat body, Primary auditory cortex on transverse gyri
What are the 5 major parts of the choclear nerve from begining to end?
Spiral ganglion, Dorsal or Ventral Cochlear Nuclie, Inferior Colliculus, Medial Geniculate Nucleus, Transverse temporal gyri
Laterality of the cochlear nerve is?
Primarily contralateral but has a significant contralateral component
The trigeminal nerve GSA innervates?
Whole head, supratentorial dura, teeth sinuses
Main trigeminal nucleus is found where? Contains what 2 components?
In the pons. There is both a motor and sensory component. The motor nucleus is medial to the sensory nuclues
What is the GSA of the trigeminal responsible for?
Discriminative touch and proprioception
Spinal Trigeminal nucleus extends from the main trig. nucleus in pons down the SC to terminate at the dorsal horn of where?
C3
While the Main trigmeninal nucleus recieves input from _____. The trigm. spinal nucleus recieves input from???
Large diameter fibers and smaller
The Spinal V tract is _____ with Lissauer's tract and has the same function and terminates at all levels of the spinal V nucleus.
coextensive and detects pain and temperature
What is the TTT? Where does it terminate?
Trigemionthalmic tract terminates in the ventral posterialmedial thalamus
The 1* cell body is in what in the TTT? 2* ?? 3*??? The TTT takes the place of which 2 tracts from the body?
Trigeminal Ganglion
Main or Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus
Thalamus
DCML and STT
The main and spinal trigmeinal nuclei contribute to this reflex?
Blink reflex.
Mesenencephalic trig nucleus is located where? WHY ARE THEY SPECIAL AND WHAT ARE THEY ASSOCIATED WITH?
In caudal midbrain along cerebral aqueduct. The only 1* neurons in the CNS. And are used for prorioception
SVE of motor trigeminal innervate muscles from which arch?
1st
The laterality of the Motor component of V is?
Ipsilateral muscles
The UMN recieve input from where in the V motor nuclei?
From both sides of the CBT
The SVE component of V serves as the efferent limb for which reflex?
Jaw Jerk Reflex
What happens when the sensory components of V are destroyed?
Loss of distincrimitave touch, pain, and temp in V1,- V3 distributions.
Trigeminal neuralgia ====
Tic douloureux
Does the laterally depend on the location for sensory V?
YEs it depends if the lesion is above or below the lesion
LMN lesion of V nucleus or nerve=
ips. paralysis and atrophy of muscles of mastication
What happens with unilateral UMN lesions of CBT?
There is little deficit. Maybe some contralateral weakness
Facial GSA supplies sensation to? 1* nerve cell bodies lie where?
External ear, wall of auditory tube, and outer surface of typanic membrane. Geniculate ganglion
What do the nervus intermediaus contain?
Central processes which enter spinal V tract and synapse in SPINAL V nucleus
What pathway do GSA 7 take to get to the postcentral gyrus?
Same as Spinal V. Goes to VPM nucleus of thalmus--> cerbral cortex
SVA of 7 does what and is located where?
Taste for anterior 2/3 of tongue. Genticulate ganglion
Does nervus intermedius carry SVA 7 nerve fibers? If so where do they go?
Yes and they go to the solitary tract and solitary nucleus
Rostral part of solitary nucleus is AKA?
Gustatory nucleus
Gustarory nucleus sends axons up _______ to VPM nuclues of thalamus to hypothalamus?
Central Tegmental tract
SVE motor of 7 controls muscles from which arch? And where are the LMN's located?
2nd pharengeal arch. LMN's are in facial motor nucleus.
Laterality of SVE of 7?
Innervates muscles of ipsilateral side
Facial Motor component serves as efferent limb for which reflex?
BLINK
CBT input to face is bilateral to facial neurons on upper face but _____ to neurons on lower face?
Contralateral
If a Unilateral UMN is paralyzed in the face where is the paralysis?
Contralateral lower face
If paralysis is on unilateral LMN the paralysis is where?
Upper and lower ipsilateral face
Lesions within the pons produce deficits where?
In 6 and in 7
Lesions at the cerebellopontine angle produce deficits where?
7 and 8
GVE of 7= parasympatetic terminate on 3 glands what are they? 2 Ganglions what are they?
Submandibular, Sublingual, Lacrimal and nasal glands

Pterygopalatine and submandibular ganglion
GSA of 9 have 1* cell bodies where? and 2* where? What does it form?
1* inferior and superior glossapharyngeal ganglion. And spinal 5 nucleus

Forms afferent limb of gag reflex
Only muscle innervated by glossopharyngeal
Stylophargenous muscle
SVA of Sensory of 9 does what? and lies where for 1* then travels thru _____ to get to the gustatory nucleus.
Tastes for back 1/3 of tongue. Inferior glossopharyngeal ganglion. Solitary tract and rostral solitarynucleus.
GVA sensory of 9 takes input from where?
Carotid sinus and bodies. (Baroreceptors and chemoreceptors respectively)
GVA of 9 follow the same pathway as SVA with one difference which is?
Inferior glosso ganglion-->solitary tract-->caudal solitary nucleus-->caudal solitatry nucleus.
What are the main uses of GVA 9?
Reticular formation and hypothalamus
Reflex control of cardiovas + respiratory

Operate on subconcious level
SVE motor of 9 innerveate 1 muscle which is? Comes from which arch? LMN is located where?
Stylopharyngeus and 3rd brachial arch.
Nucleus ambiguus
GVE of 9 comes from the inferior salivatory nucleus to travel thru???
The lesser petrosal nerve to the otic ganglion thru auriculotemporal nerve to the parotid gland
Vagus has 1* in? 2* and gets to the thalamus the same way as what other 3 nerves?
1* in superior and inferior vagal ganglia
2* in spinal trigeminal nucleus
Same as V, VII, and IX
SVA of vagus provide taste to epiglotus. Travel from 1* in to solitary tract and rostral solitary nucleus
Inferior vagal ganglion to solitary tract to rostral solitary nucleus
The GVA sensory of vagus recieves input from the aortic sinus, aortic bodies, pharynx larynx thoracic and abdominal space. What is the pathway from 1* to 3*
1* inferior vagal ganglion to
solitatry tract to caudal solitary nucleus upwards
SVE of Vagus innervates muscles from which arch? LMN's are located where?
4th and 6th brachial arches. Nucleus ambigous
What happens if LMN of vagus are damaged? Unilateral? Bilateral?

UMN unilateral?
-No gag reflex, ips paralysis of soft palate, difficulty breathing/swallowing, UVULA deviates to the normal side

Bilateral is usually fatal due to asphyxiation.

No damage since covered by 2 cerebral hemispheres
GVE motor of Vagus paraympathetic arise from 2 areas and affect what?
Nucleus ambiguus= heart
dorsal motor nucleus of vagus= abdominal and thoracic viscera
Where are the LMN of the CN XI located?
From Spinal accessory nucleus
Lesions of LMN XI
LMN is downward lateral rotation of scapula, and shoulder drop. Weakness in turning the head to the side contralateral to lesion.
Lesion of UMN XI
Transient contra paresis of trap or SCM
Hypoglossal innervates the tongue muscles. LMN are where?
Hypoglossal nucleus
The hypoglossal nucleus is located where?
Midline floor of the 4th ventricle. Beneath hypoglossal trigone
LMN lsion of XII?
Ipsilatarial weakness and atrophy and deviation of tongue to same side when protruded
UMN lesion of XII==
Presents with contralateral weakness so tongue deviates to the side opposite the lesiion