The process in which the anatomical structure of the cranial nerves are generated and organized. The cranial nerves are composed of twelve pairs of nerves that emanate from the nervous tissue of the hindbrain. These nerves are sensory, motor, or mixed in nature, and provide the motor and general sensory innervation of the head, neck and viscera. They mediate vision, hearing, olfaction and taste and carry the parasympathetic innervation of the autonomic ganglia that control visceral functions. [ GOC:dph http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000021 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0838580343 GOC:cls GOC:jid GOC:dgh ]
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- anatomical structure morphogenesis
- part of some cranial nerve development
- results in morphogenesis of some cranial nerve