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first cranial nerve, nervii olfactorii, olfactory nerve
a collective term for numerous olfactory filaments in the nasal mucosa
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nervus opticus, optic nerve, optic tract, second cranial nerve
the cranial nerve that serves the retina
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nervus oculomotorius, oculomotor, oculomotor nerve, third cranial nerve
supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye
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fourth cranial nerve, trochlear, trochlear nerve, trochlearis
either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes
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fifth cranial nerve, nervus trigeminus, trigeminal, trigeminal nerve, trigeminus
the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication
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abducens, abducens nerve, abducent, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve
a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
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facial, facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve
cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles
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acoustic nerve, auditory nerve, eighth cranial nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, vestibulocochlear nerve
a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea
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glossopharyngeal nerve, nervus glossopharyngeus, ninth cranial nerve
sensory nerve to the pharynx and back of the tongue; motor fibers innervate muscles that elevate the pharynx and larynx; includes parasympathetic fibers to the otic ganglion
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nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, vagus, vagus nerve, wandering nerve
a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
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accessory nerve, eleventh cranial nerve, nervus accessorius, spinal accessory
arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve
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hypoglossal, hypoglossal nerve, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve
supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles
