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cranial nerve - any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem. 1  nerve, nervus - any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body. 2  first cranial nerve, nervii olfactorii, olfactory nerve - a collective term for numerous olfactory filaments in the nasal mucosa.
vertex verÂ·tex (vÃ»r'tÄks') n. pl. verÂ·texÂ·es or verÂ·tiÂ·ces (-tÄ­-sÄz') The highest point; the apex. The topmost point of the vault of the skull; the crown of the head. The portion of the fetal head bounded by the planes of the trachelobregmatic and biparietal diameters, with the posterior fontanel at the apex.