Cranial Nerves: Functional Anatomy

by Stanley Monkhouse

• ISBN13: 9780521615372
• ISBN10: 0521615372
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-14
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Cranial nerves are involved in head and neck function, and processes such as eating, speech and facial expression. This clinically oriented survey of cranial nerve anatomy and function, for students of medicine, dentistry and speech therapy, will also be useful for postgraduate physicians and GPs, and specialists in head and neck healthcare. After an introductory section surveying cranial nerve organization and tricky basics such as ganglia, nuclei and brain stem pathways, the nerves are considered in functional groups. In each chapter, the main anatomical features of each nerve are followed by clinical aspects and details of clinical testing. Simple line diagrams accompany the text.

Table of Contents

List of Figures page	vii
List of Tables	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
A note to the reader	xiii
Part I Organization of the cranial nerves	1	(38)
1 General considerations	3	(14)
2 Cranial nerve motor fibres and nuclei	17	(7)
3 Cranial nerve motor pathways: upper and lower motor neurons	24	(7)
4 Cranial nerve sensory fibres, brain stern sensory nuclei and tracts	31	(8)
Parts II V Individual cranial nerves and functional considerations	39	(6)
5 Survey of cranial nerves and introduction to Parts II—V	41	(4)
Part II Trigeminal, facial and hypoglossal nerves	45	(32)
6 Cutaneous sensation and chewing	47	(3)
7 The trigeminal nerve (V)	50	(2)
8 The ophthalmic nerve (Va)	52	(4)
9 The maxillary nerve (Vb)	56	(4)
10 The mandibular nerve (Vc)	60	(6)
11 The facial nerve (VII)	66	(8)
12 The hypoglossal nerve (XII)	74	(3)
Part III Glossopharyngeal, vagus and accessory nerves	77	(18)
13 Swallowing and speaking, bulbar palsy, pseudobulbar palsy, Broca's area	79	(4)
14 The glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)	83	(3)
15 The vagus nerve (X)	86	(6)
16 The accessory nerve (XI)	92	(3)
Part IV Autonomic components of cranial nerves, taste and smell	95	(18)
17 Parasympathetic components and taste sensation	97	(9)
18 Smell: The olfactory nerve (I)	106	(3)
19 The sympathetic nervous system in the head	109	(4)
Part V Vision, eye movements, hearing and balance: optic, oculomotor, trochlear, abducens and vestibulocochlear nerves	113	(27)
20 The optic nerve (II)	115	(6)
21 The oculomotor (III), trochlear (IV) and abducens (VI) nerves	121	(7)
22 Visual reflexes: the control of eye movements; clinical testing of II, III, IV and VI	128	(5)
23 The vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII) and auditory and vestibular pathways	133	(7)
Further reading	140	(3)
Index	143