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Glossary Neuroanatomy / Term

Facial nerve

Seventh cranial nerve (CN VII); Motor to muscles of facial expression; carries taste from anterior two thirds of tongue (see also chorda tympani); also parasympathetic to two salivary glands, lacrimal, and nasal glands.

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