PATHETIC NERVE
\pɐθˈɛtɪk nˈɜːv], \pɐθˈɛtɪk nˈɜːv], \p_ɐ_θ_ˈɛ_t_ɪ_k n_ˈɜː_v]\
Definitions of PATHETIC NERVE
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Nerf pathetique, is the smallest encephalic nerve. It arises behind the inferior part of the tuhercula quadrigemina (testes) at the lateral parts of the valvula Vieussenii. Its roots unite into one thin round cord, which makes a turn upon the peduncles of the brain, and passes into a canal of the dura mater, near the posterior clinoid process. It enters the orbit by the broadest parts of the sphenoidal fissure, and terminates in the superior oblique muscle of the eye, by dividing into several filaments.
By Robley Dunglison
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