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"CRANIAL NERVES" is a plural of: cranial nerve. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Twelve pairs of nerves that carry general afferent, visceral afferent, special afferent, somatic efferent, and autonomic efferent fibers. (references) |
Medicine | Nerves arising directly from the brainstem and making their exit to the periphery via openings in the skull. Usually described and numbered as 12 pairs, the first two are not true nerves but nerve-fibre tracts of the brain. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In human anatomy, there are exactly 12 pairs of them:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cranial nerves."
Crosswords: CRANIAL NERVES |
| English words defined with "CRANIAL NERVES": fourth cranial nerve ♦ medulla oblongata ♦ Pneumogastric nerve ♦ Spinal accessory nerves ♦ trochlear, trochlear nerve, trochlearis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "CRANIAL NERVES": Cavernous Hemangioma, Cranial Nerve Diseases, Cranial Nerve Neoplasms ♦ lateral wall of cavernous sinus syndrome ♦ Nervous System Diseases, Nervous System Neoplasms ♦ ophthalmic nerve ♦ Trauma, Nervous System. (references) |
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Health | The peripheral nervous system also includes 12 pairs of cranial nerves located on the underside of the brain. (references) | |
Mobius syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterized by facial paralysis, is caused by the absence or underdevelopment of the 6th and 7th cranial nerves. (references) | ||
A neuroparalytic illness characterized by symmetric, descending flaccid paralysis of motor and autonomic nerves, usually beginning with the cranial nerves. (references) | ||
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Expression using "CRANIAL NERVES": pairs of cranial nerves. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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| Language | Translations for "CRANIAL NERVES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | kranienerverne (cerebral nerves). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | nervi craniales (cerebral nerves), nervi cerebrales (cerebral nerves), nervi capitales (cerebral nerves), hersenzenuwen (cerebral nerves). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | nerfs crâniens. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Hirnnerven (cerebral nerves). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | εγκεφαλικές συζυγίες (cerebral nerves), εγκεφαλικά νεύρα (cerebral nerves). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | nervi encefalici (cerebral nerves). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 脳神経 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | のうし"けい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anialcray ervesnay nervos cranianos (cerebral nerves), nervos cerebrais (cerebral nerves). (various references) pares craneales (pairs of cranial nerves), nervios craneales (cerebral nerves). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-i-l-n-n-r-r-s-v" | |
-3 letters: carnelians. | |
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