The neural crest anchors the head onto the anterior lining of the shoulder girdle, while a Hox-gene-controlled mesoderm links trunk muscles to the posterior neck and shoulder skeleton. The ...

Cranial nerves are pairs of nerves that connect your brain to different parts of your head, neck ... chest and trunk, such as your heart and intestines allowing motor control of muscles in ...

Your brain is directly connected to various parts of your head, neck ... trunk by twelve pairs of nerves – these are your cranial nerves. They play an important role in sensing, controlling ...

How cervical orientation affects trunk muscle activation patterns in this ... Perhaps by inhibiting this reflex with altered head and limb orientations, it is reopening latent inhibitory synaptic ...