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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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coccygeal nerve
Anatomy; Nervous system
The coccygeal nerve is the spinal nerve that corresponds to the coccyx bone.
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 fibers of the Supinator, and is prolonged downward between the ...
deep fibular nerve
Anatomy; Nervous system
The deep fibular nerve (deep peroneal nerve) begins at the bifurcation of the common fibular nerve, between the fibula and upper part of the fibularis (peronæus) longus, passes infero-medially, deep ...
deep petrosal nerve
Anatomy; Nervous system
The deep petrosal nerve (large deep petrosal nerve) is given off from the carotid plexus, and runs through the carotid canal lateral to the internal carotid artery.
