Cranial Nerves
Functional Anatomy

This simply illustrated survey of cranial nerve anatomy and function gives the main anatomical and clinical features of each nerve.

Stanley Monkhouse (Author)

9780521615372, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 13 October 2005

164 pages, 30 b/w illus. 9 tables
18.5 x 12.3 x 1.1 cm, 0.182 kg

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 was written for students of medicine, dentistry and speech therapy, but will also be useful for postgraduate physicians and GPs, and specialists in head and neck healthcare (surgeons, dentists, speech therapists etc.). After an introductory section surveying cranial nerve organisation and tricky basics such as ganglia, nuclei and brain stem pathways, the nerves are considered in functional groups: (1) for chewing and facial sensation; (2) for pharynx and larynx, swallowing and phonation; (3) autonomic components, taste and smell; (4) vision and eye movements; and (5) hearing and balance. 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. Detailed anatomy is not given.

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Preface
Part I. The Organisation of the Cranial Nerves: 1. General considerations
2. Cranial nerve motor fibres and nuclei
3. Cranial-nerve motor pathways
4. Cranial nerve sensory fibres, nuclei and tracts
Part II. Trigeminal, Facial and Hypoglossal Nerves: 6. Cutaneous sensation and chewing
7. The trigeminal nerve
8. The opthalmic nerve
9. The maxillary nerve
10. The mandibular nerve
11. The facial nerve
12. The hypoglossal nerve
Part III. Glossopharyngeal, Vagus and Accessory Nerves: 13. Swallowing, speaking, Broca's area
14. The glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
15. The vagus nerve (X)
16. The Accessory nerve (XI)
Part IV. Autonomic Components, Taste and Smell: 17. Parasympathetic componenets and taste sensation
18. Smell - the olfactory nerve (I)
19. The sympathetic nervous system in the head
Part V. Vision, Eye Movements, Hearing and Balance: 20. The optic nerve (II)
21. The oculomotor (III), trochlear (IV) and abducens (VI) nerves
22. Visual reflexes, the control of eye movements, clinical testing of II, III, IV and VI
23. The vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII) and auditory and vestibular pathways
Further reading
Index.

Subject Areas: Surgery [MN], Speech & language disorders & therapy [MMZL], Neurology & clinical neurophysiology [MJN], Anatomy [MFC]