cranial : Idioms & Phrases

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cranial cavity

  • noun the cavity enclosed by the cranium
    intracranial cavity.
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cranial index

  • noun ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull
    breadth index; cephalic index.
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cranial nerve

  • noun any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
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cranial orbit

  • noun the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
    orbit; orbital cavity; eye socket.
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eighth cranial nerve

  • noun a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea
    auditory nerve; nervus vestibulocochlearis; vestibulocochlear nerve; acoustic nerve.
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eleventh cranial nerve

  • noun arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve
    accessory nerve; nervus accessorius; spinal accessory.
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fifth cranial nerve

  • noun the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication
    trigeminus; trigeminal; nervus trigeminus; trigeminal nerve.
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first cranial nerve

  • noun a collective term for numerous olfactory filaments in the nasal mucosa
    olfactory nerve; nervii olfactorii.
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fourth cranial nerve

  • noun either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes
    trochlear; trochlearis; trochlear nerve.
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ninth cranial nerve

  • noun sensory nerve to the pharynx and back of the tongue; motor fibers innervate muscles that elevate the pharynx and larynx; includes parasympathetic fibers to the otic ganglion
    glossopharyngeal nerve; nervus glossopharyngeus.
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second cranial nerve

  • noun the cranial nerve that serves the retina
    optic nerve; optic tract; nervus opticus.
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seventh cranial nerve

  • noun cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles
    nervus facialis; facial nerve; facial.
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sixth cranial nerve

  • noun a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
    abducent; abducens; abducens nerve; abducent nerve; nervus abducens.
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tenth cranial nerve

  • noun a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
    wandering nerve; vagus; nervus vagus; pneumogastric nerve; pneumogastric; vagus nerve.
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third cranial nerve

  • noun supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye
    oculomotor; oculomotor nerve; nervus oculomotorius.
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twelfth cranial nerve

  • noun supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles
    hypoglossal; nervus hypoglosus; hypoglossal nerve.
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