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Facial Nerve

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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Tree Number(s): A08.800.050.050.275, A08.800.050.600.149, A08.800.800.060.275, A08.800.800.120.250

MeSH Unique ID: D005154

Entry Terms:

  • Facial Nerves
  • Nerve, Facial
  • Seventh Cranial Nerve
  • Cranial Nerve, Seventh
  • Nerve, Seventh Cranial
  • Seventh Cranial Nerves
  • Cranial Nerve VII
  • Cranial Nerve VIIs
  • Nerve VII
  • Nerve VIIs
  • Nervus Facialis
  • Nervus Faciali
  • Nervus Intermedius
  • Nervus Intermedius of Wrisberg
  • Wrisberg Nervus Intermedius
  • Nerve of Wrisberg
  • Wrisberg Nerve
  • Marginal Mandibular Nerve
  • Mandibular Nerve, Marginal
  • Mandibular Nerves, Marginal
  • Marginal Mandibular Nerves
  • Nerve, Marginal Mandibular
  • Nerves, Marginal Mandibular
  • Marginal Mandibular Branch

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