General description of nuclei related to cranial n Cranial nuclei mainly situated in the superficial layer of the back surface of brain stem Nomenclature: according to connecting crania nerve mainly, or to the feature of the nucleus From medial to lateral there are 6 functional column(not 7), because both special visceral sensory nuclei and general visceral sensory nuclei are one nucleus -nucleus ambiguus Copy Right- Hongqi ZHANG-Department of Anatomy-Fudan UniversityCopy Right- Hongqi ZHANG-Department of Anatomy-Fudan University Copy Right- Hongqi ZHANG-Department of Anatomy-Fudan University General description of nuclei related to cranial n. Cranial nuclei mainly situated in the superficial layer of the back surface of brain stem. Nomenclature: according to connecting cranial nerve mainly, or to the feature of the nucleus. From medial to lateral ,there are 6 functional column (not 7), because both special visceral sensory nuclei and general visceral sensory nuclei are one nucleus -nucleus ambiguus