CRANIAL NERVE


Meaning of CRANIAL NERVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1840

: any of the nerves that arise in pairs from the lower surface of the brain one on each side and pass through openings in the skull to the periphery of the body and that comprise 12 pairs in reptiles, birds, and mammals and usually 10 in fishes and amphibians

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