PubMed · 3063049
On counting cranial nerves.
Abstract
The enumeration of the cranial nerves is traced briefly from Galen's seven to Willis' ten and to von Sömmerring's twelve. The system of von Sömmerring, which has been followed for some 200 years, is a useful convention, although it is merely one of several possibilities. The naming of the cranial nerves was standardized nearly 100 years ago.
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R O'Rahilly. 1988. On counting cranial nerves.. https://doi.org/10.1159/000146604
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