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The 13th cranial nerve is often called the Vomeronasal nerve. It is forward of the olfactory nerve, and is thought to be associated with sexual behavior. Interestingly, this nerve is still found in whales, although their olfactory nerve has vanished in the course of evolution. It is also sometimes referred to as Nerve Zero because of its location.
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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.
Which cranial nerve has a name that means the wanderer?
The Vagus Nerve (V)
What is the name and number of the cranial nerve that involves shrugging the shoulders?
The Cranial Nerves that helps in shrugging of shoulder is the XI Cranial Nerve Nervus Accessorius or Accessory Nerve that innervated the Trapezius Muscle
What is another name for the auditory nerve?
VESTIBULO-COCHLEAR nerve which is 8th cranial nerve.
What number cranial nerve is the vagus nerve?
The vagus nerve is the 10th cranial nerve, also known as cranial nerve X.
What is the name of the cranial nerve which attaches to cochlea?
medulla
Smell impulses are carried by the cranial nerve called the?
Smell impulses are carried by the cranial nerve called the olfactory nerve (cranial nerve I). It is responsible for transmitting information about odors from the nose to the brain.
Which one of the following cranial nerves is NOT involved in either taste?
The optic nerve (cranial nerve II) is not involved in taste, as its primary function is vision. Taste is primarily mediated by the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII), glossopharyngeal nerve (cranial nerve IX), and vagus nerve (cranial nerve X).
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
What is the Cranial nerve II called?
The second cranial nerve is the optic nerve.
What cranial nerve is responsible for transmitting visual information?
Cranial Nerve 2 - Optic Nerve
What cranial nerve slows the heart?
Nerve X, Vagus
