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  2. Table of cranial nerves - Wikipedia

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    This nerve is involved (together with nerve IX) in the pharyngeal reflex or gag reflex. XI Accessory. Sometimes: cranial accessory, spinal accessory. Mainly motor Cranial and Spinal Roots Located in the jugular foramen. Controls the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles, and overlaps with functions of the vagus nerve (CN X). Symptoms of ...

  3. Cranial nerves - Wikipedia

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    Cranial nerves are the nerves that emerge directly from the brain (including the brainstem), of which there are conventionally considered twelve pairs.Cranial nerves relay information between the brain and parts of the body, primarily to and from regions of the head and neck, including the special senses of vision, taste, smell, and hearing.

  4. Peripheral nervous system - Wikipedia

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    In the head and neck, cranial nerves carry somatosensory data. There are twelve cranial nerves, ten of which originate from the brainstem, and mainly control the functions of the anatomic structures of the head with some exceptions. One unique cranial nerve is the vagus nerve, which receives sensory information from organs in the thorax and ...

  5. List of nerves of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Composition and central connections of the spinal nerves; Pathways from the brain to the spinal cord; The meninges of the brain and medulla spinalis; The cerebrospinal fluid; The cranial nerves. The olfactory nerves; The optic nerve; The oculomotor nerve; The trochlear nerve; The trigeminal nerve; The abducens nerve; The facial nerve; The ...

  6. Central nervous system - Wikipedia

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    These 12 nerves exist in the head and neck region and are called cranial nerves. Cranial nerves bring information to the CNS to and from the face, as well as to certain muscles (such as the trapezius muscle, which is innervated by accessory nerves [8] as well as certain cervical spinal nerves). [8] Two pairs of cranial nerves; the olfactory ...

  7. Accessory nerve - Wikipedia

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    The accessory nerve, also known as the eleventh cranial nerve, cranial nerve XI, or simply CN XI, is a cranial nerve that supplies the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles. It is classified as the eleventh of twelve pairs of cranial nerves because part of it was formerly believed to originate in the brain.

  8. Human brain - Wikipedia

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    Ten of the twelve pairs of cranial nerves [a] emerge directly from the brainstem. [38] The brainstem also contains many cranial nerve nuclei and nuclei of peripheral nerves, as well as nuclei involved in the regulation of many essential processes including breathing, control of eye movements and balance.

  9. Category:Cranial nerves - Wikipedia

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    Cranial nerve nuclei (27 P) O. Oculomotor nerve (8 P) Optic nerve (1 C, 7 P) T. Trigeminal nerve (4 C, 19 P) V. Vagus nerve (36 P) Vestibulocochlear nerve (8 P)