• Cranial nerves are similar in some ways to spinal nerves, which are probably more familiar to you. Both cranial and spinal nerves link the central nervous system (CNS) to the periphery. Cranial nerves attach to the forebrain and brain stem; spinal nerves attach to the spinal cord.

• The upper picture shows cranial and spinal nerves of a human and their attachments to the CNS. The dissection was done by Drs. Visaka Limwongse and Juttisee Sangvichian at the Dental School of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand .

• The lower picture is a basal view of another brain on which cranial nerves have been whitened.

• This exposition on cranial nerves has three major sections. Use the buttons below to click your way to them.

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