| A | B |
|---|
| cauda equina | nerves which resemle a horse's tail |
| olfactory | nerve controlling the sense of smell |
| vagus nerve | innervates the thoracic and abdominal cavities |
| afferent | the impulse originates in the organ and is transmitted to the cns |
| trigeminal | the largest of the cranial nerves |
| vestibulocochlear | controls hearing and balance |
| myelin | fatty white material supporting a neuron |
| conus medullaris | where the spinal cord tapers; at the second lumbar vertebrae |
| abducens | small nerve to the lateral rectus eye muscle |
| hypoglossal nerve | supplies motor fibers to the muscles of the tongue |
| filum terminale | a band of connective tissue which extends to the coccyx |
| oculomotor nerve | controls all the movements of the eyeball |
| efferent | another name for a motor neuron |
| glossopharyngeal | a mixed nerve of the tongue and pharynx |
