The ophthalmic nerve is the first branch of the trigeminal nerve, which is also known as the fifth cranial nerve. The ophthalmic nerve supplies sensory innervation to the structures of the eye, ...

The vestibular nerve (the eighth cranial nerve) is essential for regulating balance. Sensory structures in your inner ears detect head and body movement. The vestibular nerve carries that information ...

Among his discoveries, he distinguished seven pairs of cranial nerves, described the valves of the heart and ... Galen’s work in medicine and anatomy Once in Rome, Galen practiced medicine and when a ...

Patients with a small cranial nerve tumor that can cause hearing loss, vertigo, imbalance and ringing in the ears have ...

The cranial nerves are vulnerable to damage during head trauma. Many of them run over the surface of the skull, protected ...

Small cranial nerve tumors that can cause hearing loss, vertigo and ringing in the ears are often watched rather than treated, but a new study is set to change how the tumors, called vestibular ...

(Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) Twelve pairs of nerves called "cranial nerves" (CNs) are attached to your brain. Each pair splits to both sides of your body, and these nerves are involved in ...

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch.

The microanatomy of the axonal projections of olfactory sensory neurons from the olfactory epithelium to the olfactory bulb in a human enbloc specimen is visualized in a 3D reconstruction ...

By Mekado Murphy ‘Conclave’ | Anatomy of a Scene The director Edward Berger narrates a sequence from his film, featuring Ralph Fiennes. By Mekado Murphy ‘Smile 2’ | Anatomy of a Scene ...

I think we were just trying to be as fun and funny about it as possible and relaxed and just break the nerves that we both had. And it was so very innocent.” “But I think about it now ...