Cranial Nerve VII Flashcards
1
Q
Cranial nerve VII is known as what nerve?
A
Facial Nerve
2
Q
What is the neuron, fiber, or branch of the facial nerve?
A
BOTH motor and sensory!
3
Q
Where does the facial nerve travel through?
A
travels through the stylomastoid foramen
4
Q
The facial nerve branches w/in which gland?
A
parotid gland
5
Q
When the facial nerve branches w/in the parotid gland what is the name of the nerve?
A
chord of tympani (VII-facial nerve)
6
Q
What is the function of the chord of tympani nerve?
A
for the anterior 2/3’s of tongue (taste)
7
Q
The facial nerve has 5 branches. What are the 5 branches?
A
- temporal
- zygomatic
- buccal (cheek)
- marginal mandibular (depressors0
- cervical
