On Counting Cranial Nerves

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1988 English Publisher:S. Karger AGJournal:Cells Tissues Organs, volume 133, pages 3-4 (issn: 1422-6405, eissn: 1422-6421,

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Authors: R, O'Rahilly;

doi: 10.1159/000146604

pmid: 3063049

On Counting Cranial Nerves

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The enumeration of the cranial nerves is traced briefly from Galen’s seven to Willis’ ten and to von Söm-merring’s twelve. The system of von Sömmerring, which has been followed for some 200 years, is a useful convention, although it is merely one of several possibilities. The naming of the cranial nerves was standardized nearly 100 years ago.

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History, 17th Century, Neuroanatomy, History, 16th Century, Cranial Nerves, Humans, History, 19th Century, History, 20th Century, History, 18th Century

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