cranial nerve

Any of several nerves that arise in pairs from the brainstem and reach the periphery through openings in the skull. There are 12 such pairs in mammals, birds, and reptiles and usually 10 pairs in amphibians and fish.

cranial nerve

one of 10 (in ANAMNIOTES) or 12 (in AMNIOTES) peripheral nerves that emerge from the vertebrate brain as distinct from the spinal cord, passing through holes in the skull to innervate structures in the head, neck and upper body.

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Although the pathogenesis is not well known, it is suggested that VZV may reach nerve terminals by crossing the mucosa and indirectly infecting the IXth and Xth cranial nerves following a laryngopharyngeal infection or VZV might spread via nerve anastomoses (1).

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It contains the internal carotid artery, internal jugular vein, sympathetic chain, cranial nerves IX to XII and lymph nodes (Figure 7A).

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It is described as a close association between classic characteristics of the syndrome, such as paralysis of the facial nerve and the abducens nerve [10], and simultaneous involvement of other neural structures, mainly the II, V, IX, X, XI, and XII cranial nerve.

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This subluxation pattern shows manifestation or dysfunction of the tissues involving the brainstem, the vagal nerve or cranial nerve 10 and the spinal accessory nerve or cranial nerve 11.

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