The ophthalmic nerve is the first branch of the trigeminal nerve, which is also known as the fifth cranial nerve. The ophthalmic nerve supplies sensory innervation to the structures of the eye, ...

The vestibular nerve (the eighth cranial nerve) is essential for regulating balance. Sensory structures in your inner ears detect head and body movement. The vestibular nerve carries that information ...

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(Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) Twelve pairs of nerves called "cranial nerves" (CNs) are attached to your brain. Each pair splits to both sides of your body, and these nerves are involved in ...

Galen was the first to attempt to formulate a classification of diseases and symptoms with a strong basis in anatomy. He was also the first to provide experimental proof of ureteric function. Among ...

sensory nerves, cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia, and plexuses). Bassi et al investigate the impact of phrenic nerve stimulation on deeply sedated, mechanically ventilated patients ...

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The OMN are cranial nerves composed entirely of motoneurons, which contain nicotinic cholinergic receptors (binding both to acetylcholine and nicotine), and which control most of the muscles that move ...