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Nerves

Nerve reference, root levels, course, motor and sensory distribution, entrapment sites, and neuropathies.

342 nerves
90 nerves in Head & Skull  Clear × · alternate versions listed on each card
Nerve Abducens Nerve nervus abducens (CN VI) Head & Skull The abducens nerve (CN VI) supplies only the lateral rectus, so its palsy produces a convergent…
Nerve Abducens Nerve (CN VI): Full nervus abducens Head & Skull CN VI is the motor nerve to the lateral rectus, producing abduction (outward gaze). Its long…
Nerve Accessory Nerve (CN XI): Full nervus accessorius (cranialis et spinalis) Head & Skull The accessory nerve has two functional components: the cranial part joins the vagus for laryngeal innervation,…
Nerve Anterior Ethmoidal Nerve nervus ethmoidalis anterior Head & Skull The anterior ethmoidal nerve is a branch of the nasociliary nerve (from V1) that passes through…
Nerve Anterior Superior Alveolar Nerve nervus alveolaris superior anterior Head & Skull The anterior superior alveolar nerve is a branch of the infraorbital nerve (V2) arising within the…
Nerve Auricular Branch of the Vagus ramus auricularis nervi vagi Head & Skull The auricular branch of the vagus nerve (Arnold nerve) arises from the superior (jugular) ganglion of…
Nerve Auriculotemporal Nerve nervus auriculotemporalis Head & Skull The auriculotemporal nerve is a branch of the mandibular nerve that carries postganglionic parasympathetic fibres from…
Nerve Buccal Branch of the Facial Nerve rami buccales nervi facialis Head & Skull The buccal branches of the facial nerve emerge from the anterior parotid gland and cross the…
Nerve Buccal Nerve nervus buccalis Head & Skull The buccal nerve is a branch of the anterior division of the mandibular nerve (V3) that…
Nerve Chorda Tympani chorda tympani Head & Skull The chorda tympani is a branch of the facial nerve that carries taste sensation from the…
Nerve Ciliary Ganglion ganglion ciliare Head & Skull The ciliary ganglion is a tiny parasympathetic ganglion, only about 2 mm across, lying near the…
Nerve Cochlear Nerve nervus cochlearis Head & Skull The cochlear nerve is the auditory division of the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII), carrying special sensory…
Nerve Deep Petrosal Nerve nervus petrosus profundus Head & Skull The deep petrosal nerve consists of postganglionic sympathetic fibres from the superior cervical ganglion that travel…
Nerve Deep Temporal Nerves nervi temporales profundi Head & Skull The deep temporal nerves are two or three branches of the anterior division of the mandibular…
Nerve External Nasal Nerve ramus nasalis externus nervi ethmoidalis anterioris Head & Skull The external nasal nerve is the terminal branch of the anterior ethmoidal nerve. After running down…
Nerve Facial Nerve nervus facialis (CN VII) Head & Skull The facial nerve is the motor nerve to all muscles of facial expression and the nerve…
Nerve Facial Nerve (CN VII): Branches nervus facialis (rami terminales) Head & Skull The five terminal branches of the facial nerve supply all muscles of facial expression. The marginal…
Nerve Facial Nerve Intratemporal Segments nervus facialis, pars intratemporalis Head & Skull After entering the internal auditory canal (meatal segment), the facial nerve traverses the temporal bone in…
Nerve Frontal Nerve nervus frontalis Head & Skull The frontal nerve is the largest branch of the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve (V1).…
Nerve Geniculate Ganglion ganglion geniculi Head & Skull The geniculate ganglion is the sensory ganglion of the facial nerve, sitting at its first sharp…
Nerve Glossopharyngeal Nerve nervus glossopharyngeus (CN IX) Head & Skull The glossopharyngeal nerve carries taste from the posterior tongue, general sensation from the pharynx, and supplies…
Nerve Glossopharyngeal Nerve (CN IX): Full nervus glossopharyngeus Head & Skull The glossopharyngeal nerve provides sensation to the posterior tongue and oropharynx, taste from the posterior tongue,…
Nerve Greater Auricular Nerve nervus auricularis magnus Head & Skull The greater (great) auricular nerve is the largest cutaneous branch of the cervical plexus, formed from…
Nerve Greater Occipital Nerve nervus occipitalis major Head & Skull The greater occipital nerve is the largest of the three occipital nerves, a branch of the… Also: Full overview
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