cranial nerve
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1. any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem (noun.body)
| hyponym | : | first cranial nerve, nervii olfactorii, olfactory nerve, |
| definition | : | a collective term for numerous olfactory filaments in the nasal mucosa (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | nervus opticus, optic nerve, optic tract, second cranial nerve, |
| definition | : | the cranial nerve that serves the retina (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | nervus oculomotorius, oculomotor, oculomotor nerve, third cranial nerve, |
| definition | : | supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | fourth cranial nerve, trochlear, trochlear nerve, trochlearis, |
| definition | : | either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | fifth cranial nerve, nervus trigeminus, trigeminal, trigeminal nerve, trigeminus, |
| definition | : | the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | abducens, abducens nerve, abducent, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve, |
| definition | : | a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | facial, facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve, |
| definition | : | cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | acoustic nerve, auditory nerve, eighth cranial nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, vestibulocochlear nerve, |
| definition | : | a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | glossopharyngeal nerve, nervus glossopharyngeus, ninth cranial nerve, |
| definition | : | sensory nerve to the pharynx and back of the tongue; motor fibers innervate muscles that elevate the pharynx and larynx; includes parasympathetic fibers to the otic ganglion (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, vagus, vagus nerve, wandering nerve, |
| definition | : | a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | accessory nerve, eleventh cranial nerve, nervus accessorius, spinal accessory, |
| definition | : | arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | hypoglossal, hypoglossal nerve, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve, |
| definition | : | supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles (noun.body) |
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