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Somatic nerves

somatic nerve

(Science: anatomy, nerve) One of the nerve's of parietal sensation or voluntary motion, as distinguished from the visceral sensory, involuntary motor and secretory nerve's.


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Re: Vagus Nerve

... has the most extensive distribution in the body of all the cranial nerves, innervating structures as diverse as the external surface of the ... the foramen is the superior ganglion, containing cell bodies of general somatic afferent fibres, and just external to the... * neurological examination ...

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by sanjidcapa
Tue May 05, 2009 9:15 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Vagus Nerve
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