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Which of the cranial nerves is named for the fact that it wanders that is it innervates organs and structures throughout the thorax and abdomen?
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Which cranial nerve innervates the ear?
cranial nerve3
Which cranial bone houses the structures involved in hearing and balance?
vestibulocochlear (VIII)
What body cavity contains and protects the brain?
The brain lies within the cranial cavity which is inside the larger dorsal cavity
What is cranial surgery?
Surgery of the Brain is called cranial surgery
What name refers to nerves that only originate in the brain carry messages to and from structures in the head and neck and are considered part of the peripheral nervous sytem?
These are 12 pairs of nerves called the cranial nerves.
Which cranial nerve innervates the ear?
cranial nerve3
What innervates velar muscles?
Cranial Nerve V
Which cranial nerve used in anatomy of ear?
The vestibulocochlear nerve innervates the ear.
The vagus nerve is a cranial nerve that carries?
Vagus nerve (CN 10) innervates your thoracoabdominal viscera by the parasympathetic nervous system.
Which is the only cranial nerve to extend to the abdomen?
The vagus (wandering) nerve.
Cranial nerve involved in vision and visual fields?
The optic nerve (purely sensory; carry afferent impulses for vision) Oculomotor (innervates four of the extrinsic eye muscles) Trochlear (innervates an extrinsic eye muscle that hooks through a pulley-shaped ligament in the orbit) Abducens (innervates the muscle that turns abducts the eyeball)
What cranial nerve is used in listening to music?
The vestibulocochlear nerve or cranial nerve 8 (CN8) is largely involved with listening to music. However the trigeminal nerve (CN5), which innervates the tensor tympani, and the facial nerve (CN7), which innervates the stapedius muscle, may alter the perception of sound and theoretically affect the perception of music.
What are the 10 crainal nerves?
The 12 Cranial Nerves in order from the most rostral to caudal are: I. Olfactory - smell II. Optic - vision III. Oculomotor - moves eyeballs IV. Trochlear - innervates an eye muscle V. Trigeminal - sensory fibers for the face and motor fibers to muscles for chewing VI. Abducens - controls muscle that turns eyeballs laterally VII. Facial - facial expressions VIII. Vestibulocochlear - hearing IX. Glossopharyngeal - innervates tongue and throat X. Vagus - extends from head to the abdomen XI. Accessory - helps with function of the vagus XII. Hypoglossal - innervates tongue muscles
Do cranial nerves serve structures only in the head and neck?
False
Do cranial nerves serve as structures only in the head and neck?
False
What structures protect the brain?
Cranial bones, crainal meninges, and the cerebrospinal fluid
Which cranial nerve innervates all muscles of mastication?
tongue, buccal and and those controlling mandible....muscles of the lower face. mastication = the process of chewing
