These also fulfill critical functions. Running through parts of the brain are a dozen pairs of cranial nerves, which link the brain directly to muscles and sense organs in the head, neck ...
(Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) Twelve pairs of nerves called "cranial nerves" (CNs) are attached to your brain. Each pair splits to both sides of your body, and these nerves are involved in ...
the physical dimensions of the major cranial regions exhibit faster or slower rates of increase (positive versus negative allometry) as a function of increasing body size (Huxley, 1932). Brain ...