Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/2048-2156
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/2048-2156
Preferred Name

facial nerve

Definitions
seventh cranial nerve; has two parts, the larger motor root which may be called the facial nerve proper, and the smaller intermediate or sensory root, which together 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.
Synonyms
cranial nerve VII
facial nerve motor nucleus
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