The facial nerve is also known as the seventh cranial nerve (CN7). This nerve performs two major functions. It conveys some sensory information from the tongue and the interior of …

Gross anatomy Nuclei and brainstem tracts. Three brainstem nuclei contribute to the facial nerve: one motor, one secretomotor, and one sensory:. facial nerve nucleus in the pons; as the motor fibres of the facial nerve loop posteriorly over the abducens nerve nucleus, they form the facial colliculus in the floor of fourth ventricle

Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. (Labeled at center bottom, third from the bottom.)

Embryology of the facial nerve Weeks 0-4-3rd wk : facioacoustic (acousticofacial) primordium -4th wk : chorda tympani nerve exits rostrally and courses ventrally to the first pharyngeal pouch to enter

The sensations registered by the human nose derive from the first two (2) branches of cranial nerve V, the trigeminal nerve (nervus trigeminis). The nerve listings indicate the respective innervation (sensory distribution) of the trigeminal nerve branches within the nose, the face, and the upper jaw (maxilla).

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Facial Anatomy Yes, you do need to know the bones and muscles of the face!

The facial nerve is one of the twelve pairs of cranial nerves in the peripheral nervous system. It is the seventh cranial nerve, and so is often referred to as cranial nerve VII or simply CN VII. Nerve signals from the cranial nerve play important roles in sensing taste as well as controlling the

Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the Human Body. IX. Neurology. 5e. The Trigeminal Nerve

Vestibulocochlear nerve: Vestibulocochlear nerve,, nerve in the human ear, serving the organs of equilibrium and of hearing. It consists of two anatomically and functionally distinct parts: the cochlear nerve, distributed to the hearing organ, and the vestibular nerve, distributed to the organ of equilibrium.