The cranial root of accessory nerve (or part) is the smaller of the two portions of the accessory nerve. It is generally considered as a part of the vagus...

Cranial nerves are the nerves that emerge directly from the brain (including the brainstem), of which there are conventionally considered twelve pairs...

Cranial nerve disease is an impaired functioning of one of the twelve cranial nerves. Although it could theoretically be considered a mononeuropathy, it...

complex of the cranial nerves. Its name (trigeminal, from Latin tri- 'three' and -geminus 'twin') derives from each of the two nerves (one on each side of the...

information about the state of the body's organs to the central nervous system. The right and left vagus nerves descend from the cranial vault through the jugular...

Each of these can further be differentiated into a sensory and a motor sector. In the somatic nervous system, the cranial nerves are part of the PNS...

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...

seventh cranial nerve, cranial nerve VII, or simply CN VII, is a cranial nerve that emerges from the pons of the brainstem, controls the muscles of facial...

spinal root of accessory nerve (or part) is firm in texture, and its fibers arise from the motor cells in the lateral part of the anterior column of the...

Guarding Very Ancient Horcruxes There are many mnemonics for the names of the cranial nerves, e.g. "OOOTTAFAGVSH" is "OLd OPen OCeans TROuble TRIbesmen ABout...

nerve is derived from the basal plate of the embryonic midbrain. Cranial nerves IV and VI also participate in control of eye movement. The oculomotor nerve...

the brain and transmitted to the PNS via the cranial nerves and spinal nerves of the cervical portion of the spine. The PNS has two subdivisions somatic...

the external formation of the nucleus. The muscles supplied by the vagus (included with this is the cranial root of the accessory nerve), such as levator...

in the nucleus ambiguus and emerge from the medulla in the cranial root of the accessory nerve. Fibers cross over to and join the vagus nerve in the...

Telencephalon Cerebral hemisphere Cranial nerves Olfactory nerve Optic nerve Oculomotor nerve Trochlear nerve Trigeminal nerve Sensory root Trigeminal ganglion Ophthalmic...

that run with the hypoglossal nerve (cranial nerve XII) and do not participate in the formation of the superior root of ansa cervicalis, instead continuing...

formation of the pharyngeal plexus. Putative contribution from cranial root of accessory nerve (CN XI) It is unclear whether the cranial root of accessory nerve...

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border of the middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle. It is unclear whether the cranial root of accessory nerve (CN XI) Sensory – pharyngeal branches of glossopharyngeal...

The cranial nerve nuclei schematically represented; dorsal view. Motor nuclei in red; sensory in blue. Nuclei of origin of cranial motor nerves schematically...

fifth cranial nerve. The neurons enter the pulp cavity through the apical foramen and branch off to form the nerve plexus of Raschkow. Nerves from the...

Mathias, Christopher J. (2005). "52 - Diseases of the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Cranial Nerves". Peripheral Neuropathy. Vol. 2 (4th ed.). Saunders...

through which cranial nerves, arteries, veins, and other structures pass. These foramina vary in size and number, with age. Base of the skull, upper...

The brachial plexus is a network of nerves (nerve plexus) formed by the anterior rami of the lower four cervical nerves and first thoracic nerve (C5, C6...

cochlear nerve or eighth cranial nerve) carry information from the inner ear, the cochlea, on the same side of the head, to the nerve root in the ventral cochlear...

913 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918) Rea, Paul (2014-01-01), Rea, Paul (ed.), "Chapter 10 – Vagus Nerve", Clinical Anatomy of the Cranial Nerves...

of glossopharyngeal (CN IX), accessory (CN XI), and hypoglossal (CN XII) cranial nerves (these cranial nerves are only present in the upper part of the...

processes of the first arch. In some lower animals, each arch is supplied by two cranial nerves. The nerve of the arch itself runs along the cranial side of the...

red; sensory in blue. Nuclei of origin of cranial motor nerves schematically represented; lateral view. Cross section of the lower pons showing the facial...

relationships but is not at all complete. Accessory muscle List of bones of the human skeleton List of nerves of the human body Circulatory system Blood...