Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun first_cranial_nerve

1 sense of first cranial nerve

Sense 1
olfactory nerve, nervii olfactorii, first cranial nerve -- (a collective term for numerous olfactory filaments in the nasal mucosa)
       => cranial nerve -- (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)