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15 lut 2024 · The facial nerve is the seventh (CN VII) cranial nerve and comprises two roots, a motor root and a smaller mixed sensory, taste and parasympathetic root, known as nervus intermedius, which join together within the temporal bone (TA: nervus facialis or nervus cranialis VII).
Sensation on the face is innervated by the trigeminal nerves (V) as are the muscles of mastication, but the muscles of facial expression are innervated mainly by the facial nerve (VII) as is the sensation of taste.
24 lip 2023 · The facial nerve is the seventh cranial nerve (CN VII). It arises from the brain stem and extends posteriorly to the abducens nerve and anteriorly to the vestibulocochlear nerve.
22 maj 2015 · CN VII is a mixed cranial nerve with a complex anatomic course that consists of intraaxial, cisternal, canalicular, labyrinthine, tympanic, mastoid, and extracranial segments. Clinical patterns of facial palsy and associated symptoms help to localize lesions as supranuclear, nuclear, or infranuclear.
24 maj 2022 · Cranial nerve 7, which is also called the facial nerve, controls movement of the face, including the forehead, eyelids, cheeks, mouth, and jaw. The facial nerve can be damaged due to trauma, inflammation, infections, or disease.
Corneal pain and temperature fibers go through the ophthalmic division of the fifth cranial nerve to the spinal nucleus of the fifth and thence to the ipsilateral seventh nucleus, causing the eyelid to blink.
The facial nerve (CN VII) nerve follows a torturous and complex path from its emergence at the pontomedullary junction to its various destinations. It exhibits a highly variable and complicated branching pattern and forms communications with several other cranial nerves.
