Table of Contents

List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I. The Organisation of the Cranial Nerves: 1. General considerations; 2. Cranial nerve motor fibres and nuclei; 3. Cranial-nerve motor pathways; 4. Cranial nerve sensory fibres, nuclei and tracts; Part II. Trigeminal, Facial and Hypoglossal Nerves: 6. Cutaneous sensation and chewing; 7. The trigeminal nerve; 8. The opthalmic nerve; 9. The maxillary nerve; 10. The mandibular nerve; 11. The facial nerve; 12. The hypoglossal nerve; Part III. Glossopharyngeal, Vagus and Accessory Nerves: 13. Swallowing, speaking, Broca's area; 14. The glossopharyngeal nerve (IX); 15. The vagus nerve (X); 16. The Accessory nerve (XI); Part IV. Autonomic Components, Taste and Smell: 17. Parasympathetic componenets and taste sensation; 18. Smell - the olfactory nerve (I); 19. The sympathetic nervous system in the head; Part V. Vision, Eye Movements, Hearing and Balance: 20. The optic nerve (II); 21. The oculomotor (III), trochlear (IV) and abducens (VI) nerves; 22. Visual reflexes, the control of eye movements, clinical testing of II, III, IV and VI; 23. The vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII) and auditory and vestibular pathways; Further reading; Index.

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This simply illustrated survey of cranial nerve anatomy and function gives the main anatomical and clinical features of each nerve.

About the Author

D.O.B. 6th June 1950. One time examiner at Royal Colleges of Surgeons of England, Ireland; Universities of Nottingham, Leeds, Newcastle upon Tyne, London, Belfast, Dublin (Trinity College), National University of Ireland, King AbdulAziz University (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia), Amman (Jordan), King Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).