They, in turn, send the impulses to the hair cells and into the brain via the auditory nerve.

Motor fibers are carried via the facial nerve proper.

Information gathered from the hair cells is sent via the auditory nerve for processing in the brain.

The retina then converts these images to electric signals and sends them via the optic nerve to the brain.

This sends messages, via the auditory nerve, to the brain for pre-attentive processing.

Sympathetic fibers from the external carotid plexus, via the facial nerve and its branches.

They then depolarise and send impulses to the brain via the cochlear nerve.

The visual signals are then transmitted to the brain via the optic nerve.

Pressure on the eyes of a snake should trigger a gag reflex via the optic nerve.

The core technology is an interface to the brain via the optic nerve.