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Hypoglossal Nerve: Anatomy, Function, and Associated Conditions
It's the 12th cranial nerve, and it helps you speak, swallow, and move food and liquid around in your mouth. Damage to this ...
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The Anatomy of the Cochlear Nerve
The cochlea houses the cell bodies of the cochlear nerve within a region called the spiral ganglion. Nerve cells (neurons) in ...
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The structure and function of the nervous system
The conditions are controlled in two ways with chemical and nervous responses. A bundle of neurones is called a nerve. There are three main types of neurone: sensory, motor and relay. They have ...
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Optic nerve head structure in glaucoma: Astrocytes as mediators of axonal damage
This review considers the role that optic nerve head astrocytes might play ... It discusses their role in the remodelling of the structure of the lamina cribrosa and the effect that this might ...
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The structure and function of the nervous system
The conditions are controlled in two ways with chemical and nervous responses. A long fibre (axon) which is insulated by a fatty (myelin) sheath. They are long so they can carry messages up and ...