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Descriptor English: Cranial Nerves
Descriptor Spanish: Nervios Craneales
Descriptor nervios craneales
Entry term(s) pares craneales
Scope note: Doce pares de nervios que se originan en el tallo cerebral y que contienen las fibras aferentes generales, viscerales y especiales, y las fibras eferentes somáticas y autonómicas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Nervos Cranianos
Descriptor French: Nerfs crâniens
Entry term(s): Cranial Nerve
Nerve, Cranial
Nerves, Cranial
Tree number(s): A08.800.800.120
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003391
Scope note: Twelve pairs of nerves that carry general afferent, visceral afferent, special afferent, somatic efferent, and autonomic efferent fibers.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Entry Combination: injuries:Cranial Nerve Injuries
DeCS ID: 3407
Unique ID: D003391
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Cranial Nerves - Preferred
Concept UI M0005281
Scope note Twelve pairs of nerves that carry general afferent, visceral afferent, special afferent, somatic efferent, and autonomic efferent fibers.
Preferred term Cranial Nerves
Entry term(s) Cranial Nerve
Nerve, Cranial
Nerves, Cranial



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