Innervation
8 important questions on Innervation
What are the nerves involved in the innervation of the muscles of the neck?
2. Spinal nerves: Splenius, longissimus,
What innervates the muscles of mastication?
Cranial nerve VII (facial): medial pterygoid (caudal)
What are the branches of CN VII in the face?
2. Ventral
3. Auricopalpebral (from ears to eyes)
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What innervates the facial muscles of expression?
What innervates the salivary glands?
What nerves innervate the nasal cavity?
2. Olfactory nerve CN I: smell
What innervates the teeth?
- Inferior alveolar branches of mandibular nerve (CN V3) through mental foramina
What innervates the tongue?
2. Lingual nerve from
- Mandibular branch of trigeminal (CN V3) = general sensation to rostral 2/3
- Facial (CN VII): taste to rostral 2/3
- Parasympathetic innervation to salivary glands
4. Vagus nerve (CN X): taste to caudal 1/3
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