Meaning

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

    Hirnnerv

    че́репно-мозгово́й нервčérepno-mozgovój nerv, черепно́й нервčerepnój nerv

    any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem

Examples

1 sentences
  1. There are twelve pairs of cranial nerves.

Translations

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Forms

plural: cranial nerves
Singularcranial nerve
Pluralcranial nerves

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
CN

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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