Cranial Nerves
This nerve is responsible for the sense of smell.
What is the Olfactory Nerve (I)?
This nerve supplies the diaphragm, essential for breathing.
What is the Phrenic Nerve?
The nerve responsible for taste and swallowing.
What is the Glossopharyngeal Nerve (IX)?
Cranial nerves emerge directly from this part of the central nervous system.
What is the brain?
Damage to this nerve can lead to Bell's palsy, affecting facial muscles.
What is the Facial Nerve (VII)?
This Nerve controls eye movements, including the pupil's response to light.
What is the Oculomotor Nerve (III)?
This major nerve runs down the leg and is the largest in the body.
What is the Sciatic Nerve?
The nerve that controls facial sensation and chewing.
What is the Trigeminal Nerve (V)?
Spinal nerves emerge from this structure in pairs.
What is the spinal cord?
This nerve is commonly involved in carpal tunnel syndrome.
What is the Median Nerve?
This nerve is responsible for the sensation of taste from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue.
What is the Facial Nerve (VII)?
This nerve provides sensation to the medial aspect of the arm and hand.
What is the Ulnar Nerve?
This nerve has both sensory and motor functions and is crucial for gut mobility.
What is the Vagus Nerve (X)?
The region where the phrenic nerve originates.
What is the cervical plexus?
A herniated disc can compress this nerve, leading to sciatica.
What is the Sciatic Nerve?
This nerve transmits visual information from the retina to the brain.
What is the Optic Nerve (II)?
This nerve is responsible for the movement of the shoulder and arm muscles.
What is the Axillary Nerve?
This nerve controls the movement of the tongue.
What is the Hypoglossal Nerve (XII)?
The number of pairs of cranial nerves in humans.
What is 12?
This condition arises from damage to the spinal cord, affecting motor function below the injury.
What is paraplegia or quadriplegia?
This nerve is known for its extensive distribution, impacting heart rate, digestion, and more.
What is the Vagus Nerve (X)?
This nerve innervates the muscles of the anterior compartment of the thigh.
What is the Femoral Nerve?
The nerve responsible for hearing and balance.
What is the Vestibulocochlear Nerve (VIII)?
This structure contains the cell bodies of sensory neurons in spinal nerves.
What is the dorsal root ganglion?
This neurological disorder affects motor control, often involving the hypoglossal nerve.
What is dysarthria?