#abducens nerve

[xx-medicine]

[xx-medicine]

[cbotella]

Perpetuation of errors in illustrations of cranial nerve anatomy

Perpetuation of errors in illustrations of cranial nerve anatomy

J Neurosurg 127:192–198, 2017

For more than 230 years, anatomical illustrations have faithfully reproduced the German medical student Thomas Soemmerring’s cranial nerve (CN) arrangement. Virtually all contemporary atlases show the abducens, facial, and vestibulocochlear nerves (CNs VI–VIII) all emerging from the pontomedullary groove, as originally depicted by Soemmerring in 1778.

Direct…

View On WordPress

[cbotella1]

Perpetuation of errors in illustrations of cranial nerve anatomy

Perpetuation of errors in illustrations of cranial nerve anatomy

J Neurosurg 127:192–198, 2017

For more than 230 years, anatomical illustrations have faithfully reproduced the German medical student Thomas Soemmerring’s cranial nerve (CN) arrangement. Virtually all contemporary atlases show the abducens, facial, and vestibulocochlear nerves (CNs VI–VIII) all emerging from the pontomedullary groove, as originally depicted by Soemmerring in 1778.

Direct…

View On WordPress

[cbotella1]

Identification of cranial nerves around trigeminal schwannomas using diffusion tensor tractography Acta Neurochir (2016) 158:429–435 There are no large series studies identifying the locations of cranial nerves (CNs) around trigeminal schwannomas (TSs); however, surgically induced cranial neuropathies are commonly observed after surgeries to remove TSs.

[medicaletymologies]

From Latin abdūcēns, present active participle of abdūcō (to take away, to remove, to withdraw) and nervus (sinew, tendon, nerve, cord)