Autonomic innervation of the head and neck — Flashcards

Sympathetic fibers from the superior cervical ganglion innervate the pupillary dilator muscle via _____ nerves

The _____ ganglion contains cell bodies whose peripheral axons innervate hair cells of the organ of Corti

The 2nd-order neuron of the hypothalamospinal tract arises from the lateral horn of T1 and synapses on the _____

What syndrome is associated with a lesion of the following areas? 1. Spinothalamic tract 2. Spinal trigeminal nucleus 3. Hypothalamospinal tract 4. Facial nucleus (CN VII) 5. Cochlear nucleus (CN VIII) 6. Vestibular nucleus (CN VIII) 7. Middle and inferior cerebellar peduncles 8. Labyrinthine artery

What neural tract is responsible for the sympathetic input of the face? _____

Horner syndrome presents with ptosis due to denervation of the _____ muscle

Light reflex: The ciliary ganglia send post-ganglionic parasympathetic neurons to the pupillary constrictor muscle via _____ nerves

celiac ganglion