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Cranial nerves serve areas in the...cranium. Areas such as the eyes, mouth, and ears, and muscles of the face. The only exception to this rule is the Vagus nerve which serves heart, lungs, and the digestive system. List of 12 nerves and general area for functioning: I Olfactory:nose II Optic: eyes III Occulomotor: eyes IV Trochlear: eye V Trigeminal: sensory areas around center of face VI Abducens: eye VII Facial: salivary glands, muscles of face VIII Vestibulocochlear: ear IX Glossopharyngeal: throat X Vagus: heart, lungs, digestion XI Accessory: trapezius, sternonucleiod muscle XII Hypoglossal: tongue
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What are the major cavity's of a human body?
Cranial Cavity.Thoracic Cavity.Abdominal Cavity.
What do all cranial nerves control?
Cranial nerve V. is the trigeminal nerve. It got its name after its three branches. Two of the branches are pure sensory, the third is mixed motor and sensory. In short, it gathers sensory information from the scalp, eyelids, eyes (from the cornea and conjuntiva, NOT visual information), nose, cheeks, lips, teeth, gums, oral cavity and jaw. The motor fibers innervate muscles involved in chewing and swallowing.
How many optic nerves are present in a human body?
2
What is the class that you learn about the human body called?
Human Anatomy, is the class where you learn about the human body, its parts and functions
What is the main function of hormones in the human body is to?
Regulate body functions
Where are neurons found in the human body apart from the brain and spinal cord?
In the nerves of the peripheral nervous system; 12 cranial nerves and 31 spinal nerves.
How do the functions of the two groups of peripheral groups differ?
the spinal nerves "receives" the nerve impulses from the rest of the body while the cranial nerves "process" these nerve impulses.
What are name of the nerves that found in the nervous system?
There are different types of nerves in the human body namely: the cranial nerves, the spinal nerves, the sympathetic nerves, and the encephalon nerves just but to mention a few. Examples of these nerves includes: the optic nerve, the facial nerve, the vagus nerve, the thoracic nerve, and accessory nerve.
How many nerve endings in the entire body?
There are approximately seven trillion nerves in the human body. There are twelve pairs of cranial nerves and thirty two pairs of spinal nerve roots which then branch out to the rest of the body.
what consists the peripheral nervous system?
-cranial nerves: which are located on the brain and carry impulses to the head and neck -spinal nerves: which extend from the spine and provide information to areas of the body below the neck -autonomile nerves: which responsible for involuntary body functions such as breathing and digestion
Where are nerves in the body?
Nerves cover every inch of the human body.
Which structure is the cranial located?
The cranial is located in the skull, the head of the human body, since the word "cranial" has something to do with the head.
The central nervous system consists of the?
The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord. The nerves leading from the spinal cord make up the peripheral nervous system.
What twelve structures receive and send sensory and motor signals between the body and the brain?
What 12 structures receive and send sensory and motor signals between the body and brain
How many peripheral nerves in the body are there?
A nerve is a bundle of individual neurons. There are approximately 100 billion neurons in the human body (about the same number of stars in our Milky Way galaxy), but there are only 214 nerves in the human body.
Are nerves everywhere on the human body?
yes their is nerves in are body because if we don't have nerves in are body we won't be to scard watching t.v or other things .
What are 2 basic functions of nerves?
Nerves serve two functions for the body. They give orders to the brain that direct organs and tissues and they send signals about the body's condition or environment to the brain, directing the body to react.
