| A | B |
|---|
| nerve for sense of smell | olfactory nerve |
| nerve for sense of vision | optic |
| nerve for eye movement and pupil dilation | oculomotor |
| nerve that causes slight rotation of the eye | trochlear |
| nerve for facial and scalp sensation | trigeminal |
| nerve for abducting the eye | abducens |
| nerve for moving face and tasting | facial |
| nerve for sense of balance | vestibulocochlear |
| nerve for swallowing and tasting | glossopharyngeal |
| nerve for control of viscera | vagus |
| nerve known as the wanderer | vagus |
| nerve for focusing lens of the eye | oculomotor |
| nerve for chewing muscles | trigeminal |
| nerve for hearing | vestibulocochlear |
| nerve for peristalsis of intestines | vagus |
| nerve that moves neck & shoulder | accessory |
| nerve for movement of tongue | hypoglossal |
| nerve for crying and salivating | facial |
| bundle of nerves that hang from end of spinal cord | cauda equina |
| number of cervical nerve pairs | 8 |
| number of thoracic nerve pairs | 12 |
| number of lumbar nerve pairs | 5 |
| number of sacral nerve pairs | 5 |
| motor (efferent) root of spinal nerves | ventral root |
| sensory (afferent) root of spinal nerves | dorsal root |
| swelling on dorsal root | dorsal root ganglion |
| branch of spinal nerve that innervates skin and muscles of the back | dorsal ramus |
| branch of spinal nerve that innervates the anterior muscles, skin, and viscera | ventral ramus |
| a "braid" of nerves | plexus |
| four major plexuses | cervical, brachial, lumbar, lumbosacral |
| skin that is innervated by a single nerve | dermatome |
| muscles that are innervated by a single nerve | myotome |
| refers to voluntary part of nervous system | somatic |
| part of nervous system in control of skeletal muscle | somatic nervous system |
| refers to involuntary part of nervous system | autonomic |
| part of nervous system in control of smooth & cardiac muscle and glands | autonomic nervous system |
| somatic effector | skeletal muscle |
| autonomic effector | smooth muscle, cardiac muscle or gland |
| part of nervous system responsible for flight or fight response | sympathetic |
| division of nervous system which stimulates digestion, slow heart beat, dilation of skin blood vessels | parasympathetic |
