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The Optic Nerve (one of the Cranial Nerves) is enclosed by three sheaths that are continuous with the three layers of cranial meninges (dura, arachnoid, and pia). The central artery and vein of the retina pass through these meningeal sheaths and are included in the distal part of the optic nerve.
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Can you have a tumor in the cranial nerve meninges?
Yes. you can have a Meningioma of the Optic Nerve.
What cranial nerve is used when smelling a flower?
The Olfactory nerve. CN1 Cranial Nerve I, or the first cranial nerve called the Olfactory nerve.
What is the Cranial nerve II called?
The second cranial nerve is the optic nerve.
What nerves are involved in diplopia?
The nerves involved in diplopia include three cranial nerves: the oculomotor nerve (third cranial nerve), the abducens nerve (sixth cranial nerve), and the trochlear nerve (fourth cranial nerve).
What is the nerve IV of the cranial nerves?
Cranial nerve 4 (IV) is the trochlear nerve.
What is the function of cranial nerves?
cranial nerve I: olfactory:smell cranial nerve II:optic:vision cranial nerve III: oculomotor: 4 of 6 eye muscles cranial nerve IV: trochlear: cranial nerve V: Trigeminal cranial nerve VI: Abducens cranial nerve VII: Facial cranial nerve VIII: Vestibulochlear: hearing cranial nerve IX: Grosspharnxgeal: saliva formation cranial nerve X: Vegus cranial nerve XI: Acessory Spinal: trapizious movement cranial nerve XII: Hypoglosseal: toungue movement
Body cavity surrounded by meninges?
Cranial and Spinal Cavities
What cranial nerve is responsible for transmitting visual information?
Cranial Nerve 2 - Optic Nerve
Smell impulses are carried by the cranial nerve called the?
The olfactory nerve, or 1st cranial nerve.
What cranial nerve slows the heart?
Nerve X, Vagus
Which cranial nerve carries sensory information to the diencephalon?
Cranial nerve II
Cranial nerve for sense of hearing?
The vestibulocochlear cranial nerve controls hearing.
