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Which is the only cranial nerve to extend to the abdomen?
The vagus nerve (cranial nerve X) is the only cranial nerve that extends all the way down to the abdomen, providing parasympathetic innervation to organs in the chest and abdomen.
What is the twelfth cranial nerve?
The twelfth cranial nerve is the hypoglossal nerve. It is responsible for controlling the muscles of the tongue, allowing for movements necessary for speech and swallowing. Damage to this nerve can lead to difficulties with tongue movement and speech articulation.
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).
The vagus nerve is a cranial nerve that carries?
The vagus nerve is the tenth cranial nerve that carries sensory and motor signals between the brain and various organs such as the heart, lungs, and digestive system. It plays a key role in regulating functions like heart rate, digestion, and breathing. Stimulation of the vagus nerve has been used in medical treatments for conditions like epilepsy and depression.
This nerve innervates most of the viscera in the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities?
The vagus nerve (cranial nerve X) innervates most of the viscera in the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities, including the heart, lungs, stomach, liver, and intestines. It plays a major role in regulating essential functions such as heart rate, digestion, and breathing.
What nerve is responsible for slowing the heart rate?
The Vagus Nerve (Number 10 or X)
What cranial nerve slows the heart?
Nerve X, Vagus
Which cranial nerve controls the heart and lungs?
CN X (Vagus)
Why vagus nerve is not splanchnic nerve?
The vagus nerve is one of the twelve cranial nerves.
Cranial nerve that slows the heart?
The Vagus Nerve
Which cranial nerve is involved in cacial paralysis?
The Vagus nerve
Damage to which cranial nerve can result in death?
vagus nerve
Which is the only cranial nerve to extend to the abdomen?
The vagus nerve (cranial nerve X) is the only cranial nerve that extends all the way down to the abdomen, providing parasympathetic innervation to organs in the chest and abdomen.
Over 90 percent of all parasympathetic fibers are derived from what cranial nerve number?
X (Vagus Nerve)
Over 90 percent of all parasympathetic fibers are derived from cranial nerve number?
X vagus nerve
Which cranial nerve has a name that means the wanderer?
The Vagus Nerve (V)
What cranial nerve is named for the fact that it wanders?
X: Vagus Nerve
