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Greater petrosal nerve is where the nerve branches, so this would be around your inner ear region I believe.
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Taste fibers to anterior two thirds of the tongue are carried by?
the Chorda Tympani nerve ( a branch of the facial nerve VII) which joins the lingual nerve medial to the lateral pterygoid muscle.
What is happens if the facial nerve is damaged?
Patuiaritary
How many nerves to make a smile?
All muscles of facial expression are supplied by seventh cranial nerve. That is Facial nerve. This nerve carries the taste sensation from anterior two third of the tongue also.
What is the name of the cortex that detects taste?
The primary gustatory cortex. Special sensory information for taste reaches the gustatory cortex via the chorda tympani and greater petrosal branch of the facial nerve, the lingual branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve, and the superior laryngeal branch of the vagus nerve. The special sensory information for taste originates in taste buds located on the upper surface of the tongue, soft palate, pharynx, and the upper part of the esophagus.
What is the medical term meaning condition resulting from an inflammation of the facial nerve?
One of the more common conditions is Bell's Palsy, stemming from an injury or infection to a facial nerve.
The greater petrosal nerve is a branch of what cranial nerve?
Facial nerve
What is the nerve supply of the muscles of facial expression?
The facial muscles are innervated by facial nerve (cranial nerve VII). In contrast, the nearby masticatory muscles are innervated by the mandibular nerve, a branch of thetrigeminal nerve (V).
Which cranial nerve has been damaged when your mouth droops following carotid surgery?
Marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve.
What part of the nervous system is affected by the bell's palsy?
The Facial Nerve or Cranial Nerve VII is the nerve involved with Bell's Palsy.
What facial problem starts with letter T?
A facial problem that starts with the ltter t is, Tregiminal Trophic syndrome. Tregiminal Trophic syndrome occurs, when there's damage in the tregiminal nerve.
What cranial nerve allows you to smile?
Smiling is an action produce by more than one muscle but the nerve that allows you to do that is the facial nerve (7th cranial nerve). Facial nerve has 5 branches and the action of all 5 allows you to smile nicely. The temporal branch allow you to wrinkle your forehead, the zygomatic branch allows you to partially close your eyes, the buccal branch allow you to elevate your chin, and the marginal mandibular allow you to widen your mouth laterally.
Taste fibers to anterior two thirds of the tongue are carried by?
the Chorda Tympani nerve ( a branch of the facial nerve VII) which joins the lingual nerve medial to the lateral pterygoid muscle.
Which cranial nerve is responsible for your tears?
V is responsible for tear reflex in response to cornea irritation, VII has a parasympathetic branch responsible for emotional tears.
What cranial nerve serves muscles covering the facial skeleton?
Facial Nerve (VII)
What cranial nerve is responsible for muscles of facial expression?
Facial nerve, the seventh cranial nerve. It leaves the brain along with eighths cranial nerve through internal acoustic meatus and comes out through stylomastoid foramen to supply the muscles of facial expression.
What is the eighth cranial nerve?
Cranial nerve 7 is also referred to as the facial nerve. It has both sensory and motor components. Its sensory portion is responsible for taste on the anterior two thirds of the tongue as well as sensation for a small patch of skin by the ear. Its motor component is responsible for innervating the muscles of facial expression.
How is the nerve supply to platysma muscle?
Facial nerve
