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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...

The splanchnic nerves are paired visceral nerves (nerves that contribute to the innervation of the internal organs), carrying fibers of the autonomic...

All 31 pairs of spinal nerves are mixed nerves. Four of the twelve cranial nerves – V, VII, IX and X are mixed nerves. The 31 pairs of spinal nerves are...

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cervical nerves, twelve pairs of thoracic nerves, five pairs of lumbar nerves, five pairs of sacral nerves, and one pair of coccygeal nerves. The spinal...

8 cervical nerves (C1 being an exception with no dermatome), 12 thoracic nerves, 5 lumbar nerves and 5 sacral nerves. Each of these nerves relays sensation...

supplies all the intrinsic muscles of the larynx, with the exception of the cricothyroid muscles. There are two recurrent laryngeal nerves, right and...

nerves are part of the somatic nervous system, and arise from the anterior rami of the thoracic spinal nerves from T1 to T11. The intercostal nerves are...

commands in the same bundle. All spinal nerves are mixed nerves, and some of the cranial nerves are also mixed nerves. Nerves can be categorized into two groups...

nerve can be blocked during shoulder surgery. The supraclavicular nerve is a branch of the cervical plexus that arises from cervical (spinal) nerves C3-C4...

other part being the central nervous system (CNS). The PNS consists of nerves and ganglia, which lie outside the brain and the spinal cord. The main function...

nerves include several cranial nerves, specifically the oculomotor nerve, facial nerve, glossopharyngeal nerve, and vagus nerve. Three spinal nerves in...

"Cranial Nerves - Function, Table, Anatomy and FAQs". Butler, Ann B.; Hodos, William (2005). Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy: Evolution and Adaptation...

are called motor nerves (efferent), while those nerves that transmit information from the body to the CNS are called sensory nerves (afferent). The PNS...

The classification of peripheral nerves in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) groups the nerves into two main groups, the somatic and the autonomic nervous...

The superior cluneal nerves are pure sensory nerves that innervate the skin of the upper part of the buttocks. They are the terminal ends of the L1-L3...

the heart, lungs, and digestive tract. It comprises two nerves—the left and right vagus nerves, each containing about 100,000 fibres—but they are typically...

thoracic ganglia and innervate the thoracic cavity. All major sympathetic cardiopulmonary nerves arise from the stellate ganglia and the caudal halves...

the brachial plexus, carrying fibers from the posterior roots of spinal nerves C5, C6, C7, C8 and T1. The radial nerve and its branches provide motor innervation...

splanchnic nerves, which synapse in the prevertebral ganglia sacral splanchnic nerves, which synapse in the inferior hypogastric plexus These all contain...