Cranial nerves - Wikipedia Cranial nerves are nerves that emerge directly from the brain, including the brainstem They relay information between the brain and various parts of the body, primarily to the head and neck regions and are responsible for special senses of vision, taste, smell, and hearing
Cranial | definition of cranial by Medical dictionary There are 12 pairs of cranial nerves, symmetrically arranged so that they are distributed mainly to the structures of the head and neck The one exception is the vagus nerve, which extends down to serve structures in the chest and abdomen
Cranial Anatomy – The American Center for Spine and Neurosurgery - ACSN The skull is made up of 22 bones: the cranium includes eight bones that surround and protect the brain and 14 bones that form the face In adults, all but one of the skull bones are fused together by immovable joints called sutures