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The Pons
• The Pons
– Nuclei involved with respiration
• Apneustic center and pneumotaxic center:
– modify respiratory rhythmicity center activity
– Nuclei and tracts
• Process and relay information to and from cerebellum
• Ascending, descending, and transverse tracts:
– transverse fibers (axons):
» link nuclei of pons with opposite cerebellar hemisphere
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The Pons
Figure 13–6b The Medulla Oblongata and Pons.
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The Pons
Figure 13–6c The Medulla Oblongata and Pons.
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The Pons
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The Pons
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The Cerebellum
• Functions of the Cerebellum
– Adjusts postural muscles
– Fine-tunes conscious and subconscious
movements
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The Cerebellum
• Structures of the Cerebellum
– Folia
• Surface of cerebellum
• Highly folded neural cortex
– Anterior and posterior lobes
• Separated by primary fissure
– Cerebellar hemispheres:
• Separated at midline by vermis
– Vermis
• Narrow band of cortex
– Flocculonodular lobe
• Below fourth ventricle
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The Cerebellum
• Structures of the Cerebellum
– Purkinje cells
• Large, branched cells
• Found in cerebellar cortex
• Receive input from up to 200,000 synapses
– Arbor vitae
• Highly branched, internal white matter of cerebellum
• Cerebellar nuclei: embedded in arbor vitae:
– relay information to Purkinje cells
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The Cerebellum
• Structures of the Cerebellum
– The peduncles
• Tracts link cerebellum with brain stem, cerebrum, and spinal cord:
– superior cerebellar peduncles
– middle cerebellar peduncles
– inferior cerebellar peduncles
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The Cerebellum
• Disorders of the Cerebellum
– Ataxia
• Damage from trauma or stroke
• Intoxication (temporary impairment)
• Disturbs muscle coordination
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The Cerebellum
Figure 13–7a The Cerebellum.
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The Cerebellum
Figure 13–7b The Cerebellum.
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The Cerebellum
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The Mesencephalon
• Structures of the Mesencephalon
– Tectum
• Two pairs of sensory nuclei (corpora quadrigemina):
– superior colliculus (visual)
– inferior colliculus (auditory)
– Tegmentum
• Red nucleus (many blood vessels)
• Substantia nigra (pigmented gray matter)
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The Mesencephalon
• Structures of the Mesencephalon
– Cerebral peduncles
• Nerve fiber bundles on ventrolateral surfaces
• Contain:
– descending fibers to cerebellum
– motor command fibers
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The Mesencephalon
Figure 13–8a The Mesencephalon.
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The Mesencephalon
Figure 13–8b The Mesencephalon.
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The Mesencephalon
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The Diencephalon
• Integrates sensory information and motor commands
• Thalamus, epithalamus, and hypothalamus
– The pineal gland
• Found in posterior epithalamus
• Secretes hormone melatonin
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The Diencephalon
• The Thalamus
– Filters ascending sensory information for primary sensory
cortex
– Relays information between basal nuclei and cerebral
cortex
– The third ventricle
• Separates left thalamus and right thalamus
• Interthalamic adhesion (or intermediate mass):
– projection of gray matter
– extends into ventricle from each side
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The Diencephalon
• The Thalamus
– Thalamic nuclei
• Are rounded masses that form thalamus
• Relay sensory information to basal nuclei and cerebral
cortex
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The Diencephalon
• Five Groups of Thalamic Nuclei
– Anterior group
• Anterior nuclei
• Part of limbic system (emotions)
– Medial group
• Provides awareness of emotional states
– Ventral group
• Relays sensory information
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The Diencephalon
• Five Groups of Thalamic Nuclei
– Posterior group
• Pulvinar nucleus (sensory)
• Lateral geniculate nucleus (visual)
• Medial geniculate nucleus (auditory)
– Lateral group
• Affects emotional states
• Integrates sensory information
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The Diencephalon
Figure 13–9 The Thalamus.
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The Diencephalon
Figure 13–9a The Thalamus.
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The Diencephalon
Figure 13–9b The Thalamus.
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The Diencephalon
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The Diencephalon
• The Hypothalamus
– Mamillary bodies
• Process olfactory and other sensory information
• Control reflex eating movements
– Infundibulum
• A narrow stalk
• Connects hypothalamus to pituitary gland
– Tuberal area
• Located between the infundibulum and mamillary bodies
• Helps control pituitary gland function
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The Diencephalon
Figure 13–10a The Hypothalamus in Sagittal Section.
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The Diencephalon
Figure 13–10b The Hypothalamus in Sagittal Section.
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The Diencephalon
• Eight Functions of the Hypothalamus
– Provides subconscious control of skeletal muscle
– Controls autonomic function
– Coordinates activities of nervous and endocrine systems
– Secretes hormones
• Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) by supraoptic nucleus
• Oxytocin (OT; OXT) by paraventricular nucleus
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The Diencephalon
• Eight Functions of the Hypothalamus
– Produces emotions and behavioral drives
• The feeding center (hunger)
• The thirst center (thirst)
– Coordinates voluntary and autonomic functions
– Regulates body temperature
• Preoptic area of hypothalamus
– Controls circadian rhythms (day–night cycles)
• Suprachiasmatic nucleus
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The Diencephalon
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The Limbic System
• The Limbic System
– Is a functional grouping that
• Establishes emotional states
• Links conscious functions of cerebral cortex with autonomic
functions of brain stem
• Facilitates memory storage and retrieval
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The Limbic System
• Components of the Limbic System
– Amygdaloid body
• Acts as interface between the limbic system, the
cerebrum, and various sensory systems
– Limbic lobe of cerebral hemisphere
• Cingulate gyrus
• Dentate gyrus
• Parahippocampal gyrus
• Hippocampus
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The Limbic System
• Components of the Limbic System
– Fornix
• Tract of white matter
• Connects hippocampus with hypothalamus
– Anterior nucleus of the thalamus
• Relays information from mamillary body to cingulate
gyrus
– Reticular formation
• Stimulation or inhibition affects emotions (rage, fear,
pain, sexual arousal, pleasure)
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The Limbic System
Figure 13–11a The Limbic System.
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The Limbic System
Figure 13–11b The Limbic System.
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The Limbic System
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The Cerebrum
• The Cerebrum
– Is the largest part of the brain
– Controls all conscious thoughts and intellectual
functions
– Processes somatic sensory and motor information
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The Cerebrum
• Gray matter
– In cerebral cortex and basal nuclei
• White matter
– Deep to basal cortex
– Around basal nuclei
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The Cerebrum
• Structures of the Cerebrum
– Gyri of neural cortex
• Increase surface area (number of cortical neurons)
– Insula (island) of cortex
• Lies medial to lateral sulcus
– Longitudinal fissure
• Separates cerebral hemispheres
– Lobes
• Divisions of hemispheres
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The Cerebrum
• Structures of the Cerebrum
– Central sulcus divides
• Anterior frontal lobe from posterior parietal lobe
– Lateral sulcus divides
• Frontal lobe from temporal lobe
– Parieto-occipital sulcus divides
• Parietal lobe from occipital lobe
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The Cerebrum
Figure 13–12a The Brain in Lateral View.
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The Cerebrum
Figure 13–12b The Brain in Lateral View.
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The Cerebrum
Figure 13–12c The Brain in Lateral View.
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The Cerebrum
• Three Functional Principles of the Cerebrum
– Each cerebral hemisphere receives sensory information
from, and sends motor commands to, the opposite side of
the body
– The two hemispheres have different functions, although
their structures are alike
– Correspondence between a specific function and a specific
region of cerebral cortex is not precise
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The Cerebrum
• White Matter of the Cerebrum
– Association fibers
– Commissural fibers
– Projection fibers
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The Cerebrum
• White Matter of the Cerebrum
– Association fibers
• Connections within one hemisphere:
– arcuate fibers:
» are short fibers
» connect one gyrus to another
– longitudinal fasciculi:
» are longer bundles
» connect frontal lobe to other lobes in same hemisphere
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The Cerebrum
• White Matter of the Cerebrum
– Commissural fibers
• Bands of fibers connecting two hemispheres:
– corpus callosum
– anterior commissure
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The Cerebrum
• White Matter of the Cerebrum
– Projection fibers
• Pass through diencephalon
• Link cerebral cortex with:
– diencephalon, brain stem, cerebellum, and spinal cord
• Internal capsule:
– all ascending and descending projection fibers
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The Cerebrum
Figure 13–13a Fibers of the White Matter of the Cerebrum.
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The Cerebrum
Figure 13–13b Fibers of the White Matter of the Cerebrum.
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The Cerebrum
• The Basal Nuclei
– Also called cerebral nuclei
– Are masses of gray matter
– Are embedded in white matter of cerebrum
– Direct subconscious activities
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The Cerebrum
• Structures of Basal Nuclei
– Caudate nucleus
• Curving, slender tail
– Lentiform nucleus
• Globus pallidus
• Putamen
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The Cerebrum
Figure 13–14a The Basal Nuclei.
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The Cerebrum
Figure 13–14b The Basal Nuclei.
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The Cerebrum
Figure 13–14c The Basal Nuclei.
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The Cerebrum
• Functions of Basal Nuclei
– Involved with
• The subconscious control of skeletal muscle tone
• The coordination of learned movement patterns
(walking, lifting)
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The Cerebrum
• Motor and Sensory Areas of the Cortex
– Central sulcus separates motor and sensory areas
– Motor areas
• Precentral gyrus of frontal lobe:
– directs voluntary movements
• Primary motor cortex:
– is the surface of precentral gyrus
• Pyramidal cells:
– are neurons of primary motor cortex
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The Cerebrum
• Motor and Sensory Areas of the Cortex
– Sensory areas
• Postcentral gyrus of parietal lobe:
– receives somatic sensory information (touch, pressure, pain,
vibration, taste, and temperature)
• Primary sensory cortex:
– surface of postcentral gyrus
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The Cerebrum
• Special Sensory Cortexes
– Visual cortex
• Information from sight receptors
– Auditory cortex
• Information from sound receptors
– Olfactory cortex
• Information from odor receptors
– Gustatory cortex
• Information from taste receptors
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The Cerebrum
Figure 13–15a Motor and Sensory Regions of the Cerebral Cortex.
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The Cerebrum
• Association Areas
– Sensory association areas
• Monitor and interpret arriving information at sensory areas of
cortex
– Somatic motor association area (premotor cortex)
• Coordinates motor responses (learned movements)
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The Cerebrum
• Sensory Association Areas
– Somatic sensory association area
• Interprets input to primary sensory cortex (e.g., recognizes and
responds to touch)
– Visual association area
• Interprets activity in visual cortex
– Auditory association area
• Monitors auditory cortex
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The Cerebrum
• Integrative Centers
– Are located in lobes and cortical areas of both
cerebral hemispheres
– Receive information from association areas
– Direct complex motor or analytical activities
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• General Interpretive Area
– Also called Wernicke area
– Present in only one hemisphere
– Receives information from all sensory association areas
– Coordinates access to complex visual and auditory
memories
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• Other Integrative Areas
– Speech center
• Is associated with general interpretive area
• Coordinates all vocalization functions
– Prefrontal cortex of frontal lobe
• Integrates information from sensory association areas
• Performs abstract intellectual activities (e.g., predicting
consequences of actions)
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The Cerebrum
Figure 13–15b Motor and Sensory Regions of the Cerebral Cortex.
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The Cerebrum
• Interpretive Areas of Cortex
– Brodmann areas
• Patterns of cellular organization in cerebral cortex
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The Cerebrum
Figure 13–15c Motor and Sensory Regions of the Cerebral Cortex.
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The Cerebrum
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The Cerebrum
• Hemispheric Lateralization
– Functional differences between left and right
hemispheres
– Each cerebral hemisphere performs certain
functions that are not ordinarily performed by the
opposite hemisphere
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The Cerebrum
• The Left Hemisphere
– In most people, left brain (dominant hemisphere) controls
• Reading, writing, and math
• Decision making
• Speech and language
• The Right Hemisphere
– Right cerebral hemisphere relates to
• Senses (touch, smell, sight, taste, feel)
• Recognition (faces, voice inflections)
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The Cerebrum
Figure 13–16 Hemispheric Lateralization.
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The Cerebrum
• Monitoring Brain Activity
– Brain activity is assessed by an
electroencephalogram (EEG)
• Electrodes are placed on the skull
• Patterns of electrical activity (brain waves) are printed
out
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The Cerebrum
• Four Categories of Brain Waves
– Alpha waves
• Found in healthy, awake adults at rest with eyes closed
– Beta waves
• Higher frequency
• Found in adults concentrating or mentally stressed
– Theta waves
• Found in children
• Found in intensely frustrated adults
• May indicate brain disorder in adults
– Delta waves
• During sleep
• Found in awake adults with brain damage
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The Cerebrum
Figure 13–17a-d Brain Waves.
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The Cerebrum
• Synchronization
– A pacemaker mechanism
• Synchronizes electrical activity between hemispheres
– Brain damage can cause desynchronization
• Seizure
– Is a temporary cerebral disorder
– Changes the electroencephalogram
– Symptoms depend on regions affected
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Cranial Nerves
• 12 pairs connected to brain
• Four Classifications of Cranial Nerves
– Sensory nerves: carry somatic sensory information,
including touch, pressure, vibration, temperature, and pain
– Special sensory nerves: carry sensations such as smell,
sight, hearing, balance
– Motor nerves: axons of somatic motor neurons
– Mixed nerves: mixture of motor and sensory fibers
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Cranial Nerves
• Cranial nerves are classified by primary functions
• May also have important secondary functions
– Distributing autonomic fibers to peripheral ganglia
• The 12 cranial nerve groups are identified by
– Primary function
– Origin
– Pathway
– Destination
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Cranial Nerves
Figure 13–18 Origins of the Cranial Nerves.
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Cranial Nerves
• Olfactory Nerves (I)
– Primary function
• Special sensory (smell)
– Origin
• Receptors of olfactory epithelium
– Pathway
• Olfactory foramina in cribriform plate of ethmoid
– Destination
• Olfactory bulbs
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Cranial Nerves
• Olfactory Nerve Structures
– Olfactory bulbs
• Located on either side of crista galli
– Olfactory tracts
• Axons of postsynaptic neurons
• Leading to cerebrum
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Cranial Nerves
Figure 13–19 The Olfactory Nerve.
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Cranial Nerves
• Optic Nerves (II)
– Primary function
• Special sensory (vision)
– Origin
• Retina of eye
– Pathway
• Optic canals of sphenoid
– Destination
• Diencephalon via optic chiasm
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Cranial Nerves
• Optic Nerve Structures
– Optic chiasm
• Where sensory fibers converge
• And cross to opposite side of brain
– Optic tracts
• Reorganized axons
• Leading to lateral geniculate nuclei
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Cranial Nerves
Figure 13–20 The Optic Nerve.
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Cranial Nerves
• Oculomotor Nerves (III)
– Primary function
• Motor (eye movements)
– Origin
• Mesencephalon
– Pathway
• Superior orbital fissures of sphenoid
– Destination
• Somatic motor:
– superior, inferior, and medial rectus muscles
– inferior oblique muscle
– levator palpebrae superioris muscle
• Visceral motor:
– intrinsic eye muscles
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Cranial Nerves
• Oculomotor Nerve Structures
– Oculomotor nerve
• Controls four of six eye-movement muscles
• Delivers autonomic fibers to ciliary ganglion:
– ciliary ganglion: controls intrinsic muscles of iris and lens
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Cranial Nerves
• The Trochlear Nerves (IV)
– Primary function
• Motor (eye movements)
– Origin
• Mesencephalon
– Pathway
• Superior orbital fissure of sphenoid
– Destination
• Superior oblique muscle
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Cranial Nerves
• The Abducens Nerves (VI)
– Primary function
• Motor (eye movements)
– Origin
• Pons
– Pathway
• Superior orbital fissures of sphenoid
– Destination
• Lateral rectus muscle
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Cranial Nerves
Figure 13–21 Cranial Nerves Controlling the Extra-Ocular Muscles.
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Cranial Nerves
• The Trigeminal Nerves (V)
– Primary function
• Mixed (sensory and motor) to face
– Origin
• Ophthalmic branch (sensory):
– orbital structures
– nasal cavity
– skin of forehead, upper eyelid, and eyebrow
– part of nose
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Cranial Nerves
• The Trigeminal Nerves (V)
– Origin
• Maxillary branch (sensory):
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lower eyelid
upper lip, gums, and teeth
cheek and nose
palate and part of pharynx
• Mandibular branch (sensory):
– lower gums, teeth, and lips
– palate and part of tongue
• Mandibular branch (motor):
– motor nuclei of pons
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Cranial Nerves
• The Trigeminal Nerves (V)
– Pathway
• Ophthalmic branch:
– superior orbital fissure
• Maxillary branch:
– foramen rotundum
• Mandibular branch:
– foramen ovale
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Cranial Nerves
• The Trigeminal Nerves (V)
– Destination
• Sensory nerves:
– sensory nuclei in pons
• Motor nerves of mandibular branch:
– muscles of mastication
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Cranial Nerves
• Trigeminal Nerve Structures
– Trigeminal nerves
• Largest cranial nerves
• With three major branches
– Semilunar ganglion
• Contains cell bodies of sensory neurons
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Cranial Nerves
Figure 13–22 The Trigeminal Nerve.
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Cranial Nerves
• The Facial Nerves (VII)
– Primary function
• Mixed (sensory and motor) to face
– Origin
• Sensory:
– taste receptors on anterior 2/3 of tongue
• Motor:
– motor nuclei of pons
– Pathway
• Internal acoustic meatus to facial canals (stylomastoid
foramina)
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Cranial Nerves
• The Facial Nerves (VII)
– Destination
• Sensory:
– sensory nuclei of pons
• Somatic motor:
– muscles of facial expression
• Visceral motor:
– tear and nasal mucous glands
– submandibular and sublingual salivary glands
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Cranial Nerves
• Facial Nerve Structures
– Facial nerve branches
• Temporal
• Zygomatic
• Buccal
• Mandibular
• Cervical branches
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Cranial Nerves
• Facial Nerve Structures
– Geniculate ganglia
• Hold cell bodies of sensory neurons
– Pterygopalatine ganglia
• Postganglionic fibers innervate glands (lacrimal, nasal cavity, and
pharynx)
– Submandibular ganglia
• Innervate salivary glands
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Cranial Nerves
Figure 13–23a The Facial Nerve.
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Figure 13–23b The Facial Nerve.
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Cranial Nerves
• The Vestibulocochlear Nerves (VIII)
– Primary function: special sensory
• Vestibular branch:
– balance and equilibrium
• Cochlear branch:
– hearing
– Origin
• Receptors of inner ear
– Pathway
• Internal acoustic meatus of temporal bones
– Destination
• Vestibular and cochlear nuclei of pons and medulla oblongata
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Cranial Nerves
• Vestibulocochlear Nerve Structures
– Vestibular branch
• Originates at receptors of vestibule (balance)
• Connects to vestibular nuclei of pons and medulla oblongata
– Cochlear branch
• Originates at sensors of cochlea (hearing)
• Connects with cochlear nuclei of pons and medulla oblongata
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Cranial Nerves
Figure 13–24 The Vestibulocochlear Nerve.
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Cranial Nerves
• The Glossopharyngeal Nerves (IX)
– Primary function
• Mixed (sensory and motor) to head and neck
– Origins
• Sensory:
– posterior 1/3 of tongue
– part of pharynx and palate
– carotid arteries
• Motor:
– motor nuclei of medulla oblongata
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Cranial Nerves
• The Glossopharyngeal Nerves (IX)
– Pathway
• Jugular foramina between occipital and temporal bones
– Destination
• Sensory:
– sensory nuclei of medulla oblongata
• Somatic motor:
– nerves involved in swallowing
• Visceral motor:
– parotid salivary gland
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Cranial Nerves
• Glossopharyngeal Nerve Structures
– Superior and inferior ganglion
• Sensory neurons of tongue and pharynx
– Otic ganglion
• Synapse visceral motor fibers
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Cranial Nerves
Figure 13–25 The Glossopharyngeal Nerve.
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Cranial Nerves
• The Vagus Nerves (X)
– Primary function
• Mixed (sensory and motor)
• Widely distributed in thorax and abdomen
– Origins
• Sensory:
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part of pharynx
auricle and external acoustic meatus
diaphragm
visceral organs of thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities
• Motor:
– motor nuclei in medulla oblongata
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Cranial Nerves
• The Vagus Nerves (X)
– Pathway
• Jugular foramina
• Between occipital and temporal bones
– Destination
• Sensory:
– sensory nuclei and autonomic centers of medulla oblongata
• Visceral motor:
– muscles of the palate and pharynx
– muscles of the digestive, respiratory, and cardiovascular
systems in thoracic and abdominal cavities
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Cranial Nerves
• Vagus Nerve Structures
– Vagus nerves
• Branch and radiate extensively
– Superior (jugular) ganglion and inferior (nodose)
ganglion
• Hold sensory neurons
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Cranial Nerves
Figure 13–26 The Vagus Nerve.
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Figure 13–26 The Vagus Nerve.
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Cranial Nerves
• The Accessory Nerves (XI)
– Primary function
• Motor to muscles of neck and upper back
– Origin
• Motor nuclei of spinal cord and medulla oblongata
– Pathway
• Jugular foramina between occipital and temporal bones
– Destination
• Internal branch:
– voluntary muscles of palate, pharynx, and larynx
• External branch:
– sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles
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Cranial Nerves
• Accessory Nerve Structures
– Spinal root
• Motor fibers that originate in anterior gray horns of first five
cervical segments of spinal cord
– Cranial root
• Motor fibers that originate in medulla oblongata
– Internal branch
• Joins the vagus nerve
– External branch
• Controls muscles of neck and back
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Cranial Nerves
• The Hypoglossal Nerves (XII)
– Primary function
• Motor (tongue movements)
– Origin
• Motor nuclei of medulla oblongata
– Pathway
• Hypoglossal canals of occipital bone
– Destination
• Muscles of tongue
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Cranial Nerves
Figure 13–27 The Accessory and Hypoglossal Nerves.
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Cranial Reflexes
• Cranial Reflexes
– Monosynaptic and polysynaptic reflex arcs
– Involve sensory and motor fibers of cranial nerves
– Clinically useful to check cranial nerve or brain damage
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Cranial Reflexes
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