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The facial nerve is the seventh cranial nerve, or simply CN VII. It emerges from the pons of the brainstem, controls the muscles of facial expression, and functions.
Facial nerve
The facial nerve, CN VII, is the seventh paired cranial nerve. In this article, we shall look at the anatomical course of the nerve, and the motor.
Cranial Nerve VII: The Facial Nerve and Taste - Clinical Methods - NCBI Bookshelf
Description:The Facial Nerve and Taste H. Definition The motor portion, or the facial nerve proper, supplies all the facial musculature. The principal muscles are the frontalis, orbicularis oculi, buccinator, orbicularis oris, platysma, the posterior belly of the digastric, and the stapedius muscle. In nuclear or infranuclear "peripheral" lesions, there is a partial to complete facial paralysis with smoothing of the brow, open eye, flat nasolabial fold, and drooping of the mouth ipsilateral to the lesion.
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