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Body Atlas, Nerve Reference

Nerves

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

342 nerves
342 nerves · alternate versions listed on each card
Nerve Vagal Cardiac Branches rami cardiaci nervi vagi Chest The vagal cardiac branches are parasympathetic fibres from the vagus nerve (CN X) descending to the…
Nerve Vagus Nerve nervus vagus (CN X) Neck The vagus nerve is the longest cranial nerve, wandering from the brainstem to the abdominal viscera…
Nerve Vagus Nerve (CN X): Full nervus vagus Head & Skull The vagus nerve is the longest cranial nerve, providing parasympathetic innervation to most thoracic and abdominal…
Nerve Vestibular Nerve nervus vestibularis Head & Skull The vestibular nerve carries special sensory fibres from the vestibular ganglion (Scarpa ganglion) to the vestibular…
Nerve Vestibulocochlear Nerve nervus vestibulocochlearis (CN VIII) Head & Skull The vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII) has two distinct divisions: the cochlear nerve (arising from the spiral…
Nerve Vestibulocochlear Nerve (CN VIII): Full nervus vestibulocochlearis Head & Skull CN VIII has two distinct functional divisions: the cochlear nerve for hearing and the vestibular nerve…
Nerve White Rami Communicantes rami communicantes albi Chest The white rami communicantes are the preganglionic sympathetic nerve fibres connecting the ventral roots of T1-L2…
Nerve Zygomatic Branch of the Facial Nerve rami zygomatici nervi facialis Head & Skull The zygomatic branches of the facial nerve (CN VII) emerge from the anterior border of the…
Nerve Zygomatic Nerve nervus zygomaticus Head & Skull The zygomatic nerve is a branch of the maxillary nerve (V2) that enters the orbit through…
Nerve Zygomaticofacial Nerve nervus zygomaticofacialis Head & Skull The zygomaticofacial nerve is a branch of the zygomatic nerve (from V2 via the pterygopalatine fossa)…
Nerve Zygomaticotemporal Nerve nervus zygomaticotemporalis Head & Skull The zygomaticotemporal nerve is a branch of the zygomatic nerve (from the maxillary division of the…

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