cranial nerve

English

Noun

cranial nerve (plural cranial nerves)

1. (neuroanatomy) Any of the twelve paired nerves that originate from the brainstem or base of the brain instead of the spinal cord.

   Synonym: CN

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:cranial nerve

Derived terms

• eighth cranial nerve
• eleventh cranial nerve
• fifth cranial nerve
• first cranial nerve
• fourth cranial nerve
• ninth cranial nerve
• second cranial nerve
• seventh cranial nerve
• sixth cranial nerve
• tenth cranial nerve
• third cranial nerve
• twelfth cranial nerve

Translations

nerve

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腦神經 / 脑神经 (zh) (nǎoshénjīng)

• Czech: hlavový nerv (cs) m, mozkový nerv (cs) m
• Finnish: aivohermo
• French: nerf crânien (fr) m
• German: Hirnnerv m
• Hungarian: agyideg (hu)
• Italian: nervo cranico m, nervo encefalico m
• Japanese: 脳神経 (のうしんけい, nōshinkei)
• Kazakh: ми жүйкесі (mi jüikesı)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: demaxêdemar f

• Latin: nervus cranialis m
• Polish: nerw czaszkowy m
• Portuguese: nervo craniano m, nervo cranial m
• Russian: че́репно-мозгово́й нерв (ru) m (čérepno-mozgovój nerv), черепно́й нерв m (čerepnój nerv)
• Slovak: hlavový nerv m
• Spanish: nervio craneal m, par craneal m
• Swedish: kranialnerv c
• Tagalog: bunguing dagandam
• Telugu: కపాలనాడి (kapālanāḍi)