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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 Temporal Branch of the Facial Nerve rami temporales nervi facialis Head & Skull The temporal branches of the facial nerve (CN VII) exit the superior parotid, crossing the zygomatic…
Nerve Third Occipital Nerve nervus occipitalis tertius Head & Skull The third occipital nerve (TON) is the medial branch of C3 that wraps around and innervates…
Nerve Trigeminal Ganglion ganglion trigeminale Head & Skull The trigeminal (Gasserian or semilunar) ganglion is the large crescent-shaped sensory ganglion of the trigeminal nerve.…
Nerve Trigeminal Nerve nervus trigeminus (CN V) Head & Skull The trigeminal nerve is the largest cranial nerve and the primary sensory nerve of the face,…
Nerve Trigeminal Nerve (CN V): Three Divisions nervus trigeminus (tres divisiones) Head & Skull The trigeminal nerve is the largest cranial nerve, providing sensation to the entire face and motor…
Nerve Trochlear Nerve nervus trochlearis (CN IV) Head & Skull The trochlear nerve is the smallest cranial nerve by number of axons and the only cranial…
Nerve Trochlear Nerve (CN IV): Full nervus trochlearis Head & Skull CN IV is the thinnest cranial nerve and has the longest intracranial course, making it uniquely…
Nerve Tympanic Nerve nervus tympanicus Head & Skull The tympanic nerve (Jacobson's nerve) is a branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) that enters…
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 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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