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Anatomy [A] » Nervous System [A08] » Peripheral Nervous System » Autonomic Nervous System » Autonomic Pathways » Facial Nerve
Anatomy [A] » Nervous System [A08] » Peripheral Nervous System » Autonomic Nervous System » Parasympathetic Nervous System » Facial Nerve
Anatomy [A] » Nervous System [A08] » Peripheral Nervous System » Peripheral Nerves » Autonomic Pathways » Facial Nerve
Anatomy [A] » Nervous System [A08] » Peripheral Nervous System » Peripheral Nerves » Cranial Nerves » Facial Nerve
Description
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. MeSH
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