cranial nerve development

id: GO:0021545
name: cranial nerve development
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the cranial nerves over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The cranial nerves are composed of twelve pairs of nerves that emanate from the nervous tissue of the hindbrain. These nerves are sensory, motor, or mixed in nature, and provide the motor and general sensory innervation of the head, neck and viscera. They mediate vision, hearing, olfaction and taste and carry the parasympathetic innervation of the autonomic ganglia that control visceral functions.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0021553olfactory nerve development
GO:0021554optic nerve development
GO:0021557oculomotor nerve development
GO:0021558trochlear nerve development
GO:0021559trigeminal nerve development
GO:0021560abducens nerve development
GO:0021561facial nerve development
GO:0021562vestibulocochlear nerve development
GO:0021563glossopharyngeal nerve development
GO:0021564vagus nerve development
GO:0021565accessory nerve development
GO:0021566hypoglossal nerve development
GO:0048892lateral line nerve development

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0021675nerve development