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The 12 Cranial Nerves in order from the most rostral to caudal are:
I. Olfactory - smell
II. Optic - vision
III. Oculomotor - moves eyeballs
IV. Trochlear - innervates an eye muscle
V. Trigeminal - sensory fibers for the face and motor fibers to muscles for chewing
VI. Abducens - controls muscle that turns eyeballs laterally
VII. Facial - facial expressions
VIII. Vestibulocochlear - hearing
IX. Glossopharyngeal - innervates tongue and throat
X. Vagus - extends from head to the abdomen
XI. Accessory - helps with function of the vagus
XII. Hypoglossal - innervates tongue muscles
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What structures protect the brain?
Cranial bones, crainal meninges, and the cerebrospinal fluid
Taste buds are monitored by cranial nerves?
Cranial nerves #7 (VII) #9 (IX) and #10 (X)
Is a neurology the study of bones or nerves?
Nerves
What is collective for nerves?
An analysis of nerves.
Which four sense organs send nerves right into the brain?
its i believe sensory nerves
Which of the crainal nerves are involved in blindness?
Optic nerve
What structures protect the brain?
Cranial bones, crainal meninges, and the cerebrospinal fluid
How many cranial nerves does a fetal pig have?
10
How many pairs of cranial nerves do shark have?
10
Taste buds are monitored by cranial nerves?
Cranial nerves #7 (VII) #9 (IX) and #10 (X)
Peripheral nerves arise from the?
either the brain or the spine Correction: 2 from the forebrain (olfactory 1, and optic 2) 10 from the brainstem (cranial nerves 3 - 12)
What are the cranial nerves belonging to senses?
Sensory nerves are the nerves that allow people to experience taste, touch, smell, sight, and hearing. For sight, there are photoreceptors; for hearing, there is stereocilia; for touch, there are motor neurons, and for smell there are olfactory sensory nerves.
10 of the 12 pairs of cranial nerves originate from the?
Brainstem (midbrain, pons, and medulla).
How many nerves in the human brain?
There are around 10 billion neurons in the brain.
Are spinal nerves are sensory nerves?
Some are sensory nerves, some are motor nerves
Mixed nerves are all spinal nerves?
All the spinal nerves in their distribution are mixed nerves
Will medical third crainal nerve palsy resolve on its own?
yes third nerve palsies (Bells palsy) will typically resolve on their own. The llength of symptoms varies
