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Facial and Vestibulocochlear Nerve, Topographic Anatomy and Variations

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The Cranial Nerves

Abstract

The facial nerve (second branchial arch nerve) innervates all the mimic muscles, the muscle stapedius, the posterior belly of the digastric muscle, and the stylohyoid muscle. Related to it, the intermedius nerve innervates the external acustic meatus, the posterior inferior part of auricle, and a part of the skin above the mastoid process (Hunt Zone). This nerve probably contains proprioceptive fibers from the mimic muscles. The sensory fibers of facial nerve carry taste sensations from the anterior two thirds of the tongue towards the central nervous system. In addition, the parasympathethic-secretory fibers of the lacrimal gland, the nasal, palatine, pharyngeal, lingual, as well as of the submandibular and sublingual glands run through the nerve partially over the intermedius segment.

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  1. Neurosurgical Clinic, Krankenhaus Nordstadt City of Hannover, Haltenhoffstraße 41, D-3000, Hannover, Germany

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  2. Department of Neurological Surgery, Presbyterian University Hospital, 230 Lothrop Street, 15213, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Peter J. Jannetta M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Lang, J. (1981). Facial and Vestibulocochlear Nerve, Topographic Anatomy and Variations. In: Samii, M., Jannetta, P.J. (eds) The Cranial Nerves. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67980-3_47

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