What is the facial nerve?
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The facial nerve is called the facial nerve (seventh cranial nerve). Gray's Anatomy (1918) describes it as the seventh cranial nerve.
Summary
The facial nerve is called the facial nerve (seventh cranial nerve). Gray's Anatomy (1918) describes it as the seventh cranial nerve.
What it is
- The seventh cranial nerve.
- Supplies the muscles of facial expression.
- Also carries taste from the front two-thirds of the tongue.
Where it is
- Arises from the brainstem at the lower border of the pons.
- Passes through the temporal bone.
- Emerges from the skull near the ear and fans out across the face.
Sources
According to Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (1918, public domain):
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