Facial Nerve
Synonyms
Cranial Nerve VII
Cranial Nerve VIIs
Cranial Nerve, Seventh
Cranial Nerves, Seventh
Facial Nerves
Faciali, Nervus
Facialis, Nervus
Nerve VII
Nerve VIIs
Nerve, Facial
Nerve, Seventh Cranial
Nerves, Facial
Nerves, Seventh Cranial
Nervus Faciali
Nervus Facialis
Seventh Cranial Nerve
Seventh Cranial Nerves
The 7th cranial nerve. The facial nerve has two parts, the larger motor root which may be called the facial nerve proper, and the smaller intermediate or sensory root. Together they provide efferent innervation to the muscles of facial expression and to the lacrimal and SALIVARY GLANDS, and convey afferent information for TASTE from the anterior two-thirds of the TONGUE and for TOUCH from the EXTERNAL EAR.
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