NOM | body | nervi cranial | any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem |
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Sentit | Any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem. | |
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Específic | nervi acústic, nervus vestibulocochlearis | A composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea |
nervi facial, nervus facialis | cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles | |
nervi olfactori | A collective term for numerous olfactory filaments in the nasal mucosa | |
nervi patètic, trochlearis | Either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes | |
nervus accessorius | Arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve | |
nervus hypoglosus | Supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles | |
nervus oculomotorius, oculomotor | Supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye | |
nervus opticus | The cranial nerve that serves the retina | |
General | nervi, nervus | Any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body |
Anglès | cranial nerve | |
Espanyol | nervio craneal |
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