anatomy
These nerves travel within the foramen magnum
What are glossopharyngeal (XI), vagus (X) and spinal accessory (XI) nerves?
Hypoglossal (VII) fiber type
What is motor fibers?
The target of the hypoglossal nerve
What is the tongue?
Inability to abduct the eye is caused by damage to this nerve
What is the abducens nerve?
The afferent cranial nerve responsible for the pupillary light reflex
What is the optic nerve?
The foramen through which the facial nerve exits the skull
What is the internal acoustic meatus?
Fiber type(s) trigeminal nerve (V) carries
What are sensory and motor fibers?
Sternocleidomastoid is innervated by this nerve
What is the spinal accessory nerve (XI)?
What is the olfactory nerve?
Mediates the efferent portion of the gag reflex
What is the vagus nerve?
These nerves are have nuclei in the midbrain
What are oculomotor (III) and trochlear (IV) nerves?
The trochlear nerve (IV) carries this fiber type
What are motor fibers?
The function of the vestibulocochlear nerve
What are hearing and balance?
What is loss of taste on the anterior 2/3 of the tongue?
The nerves responsible for the corneal reflex arc
What are opthalmic branch (V1) and facial nerve (VII)?
Mass effect from the pituitary gland can compress these cranial nerve fibers
What is the optic nerve? (compression of optic chiasm)
What are motor and parasympathetic?
Tensor tympani is innervated by this nerve
What is the facial nerve?
Sensation loss over the cheekbones is caused by damage to a specific branch of a nerve
What is the V2 (maxillary) branch of the trigeminal nerve?
Trigeminal nerve (branch V3) mediates both afferent and efferent portions of this reflex
What is the jaw jerk reflex?
This nerve encircles the middle meningeal artery
What is the auriculotemporal nerve? (branch of V3 of trigeminal)
Parasympathetic innervation to the parotid gland is mediated by this nerve
What is the glossopharyngeal nerve?
This nerve carries somatosensation to the posterior 1/3 of the tongue
What is the glossopharyngeal nerve?
Difficulty reading and walking down stairs is caused by a lesion to this nerve
What is the trochlear nerve?
The specific nerve responsible for the lacrimation reflex