Synset

any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
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olfactory nerve, nervii olfactorii, first cranial nerve optic nerve, nervus opticus, second cranial nerve, optic tract oculomotor, oculomotor nerve, nervus oculomotorius, third cranial nerve trochlear, trochlear nerve, trochlearis, fourth cranial nerve trigeminal, trigeminal nerve, trigeminus, nervus trigeminus, fifth cranial nerve abducent, abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve facial, facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve acoustic nerve, auditory nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, eighth cranial nerve glossopharyngeal nerve, nervus glossopharyngeus, ninth cranial nerve vagus, vagus nerve, nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, wandering nerve accessory nerve, spinal accessory, nervus accessorius, eleventh cranial nerve hypoglossal, hypoglossal nerve, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve