ACCREDITED CPD - SURGERY
Facial
Nerve
Auriculopalpebral
Branch
Dorsal Buccal
Branch
Ventral Buccal
Branch
Figure 2. Anatomy specimen of a dogs head, showing dissection of the facial nerve.
Note the exit from the skull where the horizontal ear canal inserts into the bulla.
Vestibular Disease Classification
Peripheral
Central
Paresis
Never
Possible - brainstem disease may affect ascending
proprioceptive and and descending motor tracts
Proprioceptive deficits
Never
Possible – brainstem disease may affect ascending
proprioceptive and and descending motor tracts
Consciousness
Alert
May be confused,
distressed, disoriented
May be depressed, stuporous or comatose
Cranial nerve deficits
Facial nerve deficits runs close to middle ear
Facial nerve deficits - exits brain stem close to
vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)
Additionally Cranial Nerves V and VI all the way
down to XII may be affected (brain stem lesion)
Horners syndrome:
Possible
Unlikely
Nystagmus
Horizontal or rotatory NEVER VERTICAL
Fast phase away from side of
lesion
Direction doesn’t change with
head position
Horizontal, rotatory or vertical
Fast phase in any direction
Direction may change with head position
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