Cranial Nerve Nuclei (Overview)

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Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

The cranial nerve nuclei can be broken down into divided into 2 categories (motor & sensory columns) and then 3 subcategories each:

Functional columns of brainstem sensory and motor cranial nerve nuclei (from Blumenfield Figure 12.51)

Functional columns of brainstem sensory and motor cranial nerve nuclei (from Blumenfield Figure 12.5)

Motor columns

Sensory Nuclei:

References

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Blumenfeld H. Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases. 3rd ed. Oxford university press; 2022.

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