Complex sentence: Cranial nerves (sometimes also termed cerebral nerves), are nerves that emerge directly from the brain, specifically from the fore-brain and brainstem, in contrast to the spinal nerves, which emerge from various segments of the spinal cord.
Split into simpler sentences: Cranial nerves (sometimes also termed cerebral nerves), are nerves that emerge directly from the brain, specifically from the fore-brain and brainstem. This in contrast to spinal nerves, which emerge from various segments of the spinal cord.