naughty nerves

[mayoraasei]

Am here reading "Clinical neuroanatomy made ridiculously simple". Not sure if it's a credit to the book or because I've actually learned something between May and now, but things are actually making sense to me now ==;

This sentence made me LOL though:

[The facial nerve] heard there was some sex to be had over by the 4th ventricle and began in early development to grow in reverse direction, into the brainstem. On arriving at the 4th ventricle it realised that it misunderstood. It was six, not sex, and the facial nerve did an about face, travelling around the nucleus of [cranial nerve] 6, to exit anterolaterally.

Now I'm never going to forget the naughty facial nerve =0=;

I hate cranial nerves ==; I hate neuroanatomy. I hate anatomy =__=;

And finally, just something I did a few days ago:

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