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cranial nerve nucleus
The fibers of cranial nerves originate from (efferents) or synapse on (afferents) perikarya in clusters (nuclei) within the central nervous system (CNS).
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cranial nerve
Specific
abducens nucleus
accessory nucleus
cochlear nucleus
dorsal motor nucleus of vagus
Edinger-Westphal nucleus
facial nucleus
hypoglossal nucleus
inferior salivary nucleus
nucleus ambiguous
nucleus solitarius
oculomotor nucleus
superior salivary nucleus
trigeminal motor nucleus (motor nucleus of CN V)
trigeminal sensory nucleus
trochlear nucleus
vestibular nucleus
General
CNS nucleus
References
Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999