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1. Study Guide of the Facial Nerve
Name the nerve which sends a branch to the tympanic membrane. _____ nerve of ______.
The small sensory root of the facial nerve is called nervus intermedius.
Name the nucleus which sends visceral motor fibers to the submandibular, sublingual & lacrimal
glands. superior salivatory nucleus
Name the nucleus which sends efferent fibers to the ventral group of nucleus of the thalamus.
upper part of the nucleus of the tractus solitarius of the medulla oblongata
At the end of the acoustic meatus the facial nerve enters the facial canal which descends to reach
the stylomastoid foramen.
The genicular ganglion communicates with the pterygoid ganglion through the greater petrosal
nerve of facial nerve.
The cervical branch of the facial nerve communicates with transverse cervical nerve of facial nerve.
Name the nerve which carries taste fibers from the palate & preganglionic parasympathetic nerve
for the lacrimal, nasal & palatine mucosal glands. Greater Petrosal nerve of CN VII
In the foramen lacerum, the greater petrosal nerve joined with the deep petrosal nerve from
internal carotid plexus & it becomes the nerve of the pterygoid canal.
Name the nerve which connects the genicular ganglion to the otic ganglion. lesser petrosal nerve
Name the nerve which conveys the middle meningeal sympathetic plexus to the genicular ganglion.
External Petrosal N.
Before the facial nerve emerges from the stylomastoid foramen, it receives the auricular branch
from the vagus.
Name two nerves from the facial nerve which arise in the facial canal. nerve to the stapedius,
chorda tympani
Name the nerve which passes the middle tympanic cavity through the anterior & then posterior
canaliculi. Chorda tympani nerve of CN VII
Name the nerve which communicates with the posterior branch of the great auricular nerve.
Posterior Auricular Nerve
Name the nerve which supplies the occipital belly of the epicranium. occipital nerve of Posterior
Auricular Nerve
Name the nerve which supplies the intrinsic muscles of the lateral surface of the auricle. Temporal N
of Facial N.
Name the nerve which supplies the frontal belly of the occipitofrontalis. Occipital Nerve
Name the six intrinsic muscles of the auricle. helicis major & minor, tragicus, antitragicus,
transversus auriculae & oblique auriculae
Name the two nerves which innervate the orbicularis oculi. Temporal and Zygomatic
The superficial branches of the buccal nerve are joined with the infratrochlear and external nasal
nerves.
The levator anguli oris & the zygomaticus minor are innervated by the Buccal nerve of CN VII.
Name the nerve which innervates the risorius. Marginal Mandibular Nerve of CN VII
24. Name the two nerves which join together and become the nerve to the pterygoid canal.
greater petrosal nerve and the deep petrosal nerve
25. Name the three nerves which are branches of the facial nerve at the exit of the
stylomastoid foramen. Posterior Auricular, Stylohyoid, Digastric
26. Name the nerve which arises from the facial nerve opposite the pyramidal eminence on the
posterior tympanic cavity wall. The nerve to the stapedius
27. Name the nerve which passes through the posterior & anterior canaliculi on the tympanic
bony walls. The Chorda Tympani
28. The chorda tympani join the Lingual N. of CN VII.
29. The afferent fibers from the presulcal part of the tongue form the The Chorda Tympanic
nerve n. of CN VII.
30. Name two nerve which communicate with the posterior auricular nerve of the facial nerve.
posterior branch of the great auricular nerve & with the lesser occipital nerve
31. Name the nerve which innervates the corrugator supercilii. Temporal Nerve
32. Name the intrinsic muscles of the auricle. (6) helicis major & minor, tragicus, antitragicus,
transversus auriculae & oblique auriculae
33. The procerus in innervated by the Zygomatic N. of CN VII.
34. Name the nerve which innervates the zygomaticus major. Buccal of CN VII.
35. Name the nerve which innervates the risorius. Marginal Mandibular of CN VII
36. The transverse cutaneous cervical nerve communicates with Cervical Nerve of the facial
nerve.
37. Name the sequential nerves from the superior salivatory nucleus to the submandibular
ganglion. Sup. Salivatory Nu. facial, chorda tympani, lingual, submandibular gang.
38. Facial paralysis is known as Bell’s Palsy.