Cranial Nerve
Of nerve.
Any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem.
This concept's ID is @1~29888
Contains
- optic nerve
The cranial nerve that serves the retina.
- olfactory nerve
A collective term for numerous olfactory filaments in the nasal mucosa.
- facial
Cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles.
- oculomotor
Supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye.
- trochlear
Either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles...
- trigeminal
The main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication.
- abducent
A small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.
- acoustic nerve
A composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the...
- glossopharyngeal nerve
Sensory nerve to the pharynx and back of the tongue; motor fibers innervate...
- vagus
A mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach...
- accessory nerve
Arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve.
- hypoglossal
Supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles.