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Nervous system
The organ system which, along with the endocrine system, correlates the adjustments and reactions of the organism to its internal and external enviroment.
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Frontal nerve
Anatomy; Nervous system
The frontal nerve is the largest branch of the ophthalmic, and may be regarded, both from its size and direction, as the continuation of the nerve.
Deep branch of the radial nerve
Anatomy; Nervous system
The deep branch of the radial nerve winds to the back of the forearm around the lateral side of the radius between the two planes of fibres of the Supinator, and is prolonged downward between the ...
Cochlear nerve
Anatomy; Nervous system
The cochlear nerve (also auditory or acoustic nerve) is a nerve in the head that carries signals from the cochlea of the inner ear to the brain. It is part of the vestibulocochlear nerve, the 8th ...
Common palmar digital nerves of median nerve
Anatomy; Nervous system
In the palm of the hand the median nerve is covered by the skin and the palmar aponeurosis, and rests on the tendons of the Flexor muscles. Immediately after emerging from under the transverse carpal ...
Digastric branch of facial nerve
Anatomy; Nervous system
The digastric branch of facial nerve arises close to the stylomastoid foramen, and divides into several filaments, which supply the posterior belly of the Digastricus; one of these filaments joins ...
Common fibular nerve
Anatomy; Nervous system
The common fibular nerve (common peroneal nerve; external popliteal nerve; peroneal nerve; lateral popliteal nerve), about one-half the size of the tibial nerve, is derived from the dorsal branches ...
Deep temporal nerves
Anatomy; Nervous system
The deep temporal nerves, branches of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve, are two in number, anterior and posterior. They pass above the upper border of the pterygoideus externus and ...
