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Question 1

Cranial Nerve

Answer 1

A peripheral nerve attached directly to the brain

Question 2

Vagus nerve

Answer 2

The largest of
the cranial nerves, conveying efferent
fibers of the parasympathetic division of
the autonomic nervous system to organs
of the thoracic and abdominal cavities.

Question 3

olfactory bulb

Answer 3

The protrusion at the end
of the olfactory nerve; receives input from
the olfactory receptors.

Question 4

spinal nerve

Answer 4

A peripheral nerve attached to the spinal cord

Question 5

Afferent axon

Answer 5

An axon directed toward
the central nervous system, conveying
sensory information.

Question 6

Dorsal root ganglion

Answer 6

A nodule on a
dorsal root that contains cell bodies of
afferent spinal nerve neurons