“Nerve of”

The following 3 entries include the term Nerve of.

nerve of Hering

noun

: a nerve that arises from the main trunk of the glossopharyngeal nerve and runs along the internal carotid artery to supply afferent fibers especially to the baroreceptors of the carotid sinus

nerve of Lancisi

noun

: either of a pair of longitudinal elevations near the middle line of the upper surface of the corpus callosum

nerve of Wrisberg

noun

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