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Definition of Cranial nerve
1. Noun. Any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem.
Specialized synonyms: First Cranial Nerve, Nervii Olfactorii, Olfactory Nerve, Nervus Opticus, Optic Nerve, Optic Tract, Second Cranial Nerve, Nervus Oculomotorius, Oculomotor, Oculomotor Nerve, Third Cranial Nerve, Fourth Cranial Nerve, Trochlear, Trochlear Nerve, Trochlearis, Fifth Cranial Nerve, Nervus Trigeminus, Trigeminal, Trigeminal Nerve, Trigeminus, Abducens, Abducens Nerve, Abducent, Abducent Nerve, Nervus Abducens, Sixth Cranial Nerve, Facial, Facial Nerve, Nervus Facialis, Seventh Cranial Nerve, Acoustic Nerve, Auditory Nerve, Eighth Cranial Nerve, Nervus Vestibulocochlearis, Vestibulocochlear Nerve, Glossopharyngeal Nerve, Nervus Glossopharyngeus, Ninth Cranial Nerve, Nervus Vagus, Pneumogastric, Pneumogastric Nerve, Tenth Cranial Nerve, Vagus, Vagus Nerve, Wandering Nerve, Accessory Nerve, Eleventh Cranial Nerve, Nervus Accessorius, Spinal Accessory, Hypoglossal, Hypoglossal Nerve, Nervus Hypoglosus, Twelfth Cranial Nerve
Definition of Cranial nerve
1. Noun. (neuroanatomy) Any of the twelve paired nerves that originate from the brainstem instead of the spinal cord. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cranial Nerve
Literary usage of Cranial nerve
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1868)
"X. " Notes on Variations in the origin of the Long Buccal Branch of the Fifth
cranial nerve." By WM. TURNER, MB (Lond.), Professor of Anatomy, University of ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1904)
"... and Perenni- branchs* describes a peculiar branch of the seventh cranial nerve
in Amphiuma, distributed, according to his statement, ..."
3. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"(CFH) The auditory, or eighth, cranial nerve has two divisions corresponding
roughly, though not exactly, to the different sensory functions served by the ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1890)
"A CASE OF LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA ASSOCIATED WITH NUCLEAR cranial nerve PALSIES AND WITH
MUSCULAR ATROPHIES.1 BY FREDERICK PETERSON, MD, Attending Physician to the ..."
5. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1889)
"Three transverse sections of IVth cranial nerve. ... cranial nerve to show the
structure of the degenerated material. (Zeiss I), Oc. 2. ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1868)
"X. " Notes on Variations in the origin of the Long Buccal Branch of the Fifth
cranial nerve." By WM. TURNER, MB (Lond.), Professor of Anatomy, University of ..."
7. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1904)
"... and Perenni- branchs* describes a peculiar branch of the seventh cranial nerve
in Amphiuma, distributed, according to his statement, ..."
8. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"(CFH) The auditory, or eighth, cranial nerve has two divisions corresponding
roughly, though not exactly, to the different sensory functions served by the ..."
9. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1890)
"A CASE OF LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA ASSOCIATED WITH NUCLEAR cranial nerve PALSIES AND WITH
MUSCULAR ATROPHIES.1 BY FREDERICK PETERSON, MD, Attending Physician to the ..."
10. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1889)
"Three transverse sections of IVth cranial nerve. ... cranial nerve to show the
structure of the degenerated material. (Zeiss I), Oc. 2. ..."
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