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| cra·ni·al nerve (plural cra·ni·al nerves) |
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nerve in brain: either of a pair of nerves that originate in the brain stem and pass out of the skull to the surface of the body. There are 12 pairs of cranial nerves in mammals, birds, and reptiles, and usually 10 in fish and amphibians.
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