While eating kung pao chicken, rachel bites into a small, innocent-looking red pepper. suddenly, her eyes begin to water, and she reaches for her glass of water. this message of "peppery hot" food has traveled to her central nervous system (cns) via which cranial nerve?

The Trigerminal (v) nerve

Explanation:

The trigerminal nerve is the fifth cranial nerve, it is a bundle of nerves responsible for the sensation in the face such as facial skin, tongue, teeth and motor functions like chewing and biting. It originates from the pons region of the brain and is attached to the brainstem by two roots; motor root (to control movement) and sensory root (to control sensation)

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