WordNet: cranial nerve

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

• hypernym nerve, nervus

• hyponym first cranial nerve, nervii olfactorii, olfactory nerve

• hyponym nervus opticus, optic nerve, optic tract, second cranial nerve

• hyponym nervus oculomotorius, oculomotor, oculomotor nerve, third cranial nerve

• hyponym fourth cranial nerve, trochlear, trochlear nerve, trochlearis

• hyponym fifth cranial nerve, nervus trigeminus, trigeminal, trigeminal nerve, trigeminus

• hyponym abducens, abducens nerve, abducent, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve

• hyponym facial, facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve

• hyponym acoustic nerve, auditory nerve, eighth cranial nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, vestibulocochlear nerve

• hyponym glossopharyngeal nerve, nervus glossopharyngeus, ninth cranial nerve

• hyponym nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, vagus, vagus nerve, wandering nerve

• hyponym accessory nerve, eleventh cranial nerve, nervus accessorius, spinal accessory

• hyponym hypoglossal, hypoglossal nerve, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve

cranial nerve

• (suomi) aivohermo (synonyymi)