FACIAL NERVE ANATOMY
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FIGURE LEGEND 1. Facial nerve nucleus 2. Trigeminal nerve: Spinal nucleus 3. Superior salivary nucleus 4. Solitary tract 5. Porus acusticus internus 6. Meatal foramen 7. Greater petrosal nerve 8. Sphenopalatine ganglion 9. Maxillary nerve 10. Lacrimal gland 11. Deep petrosal nerve 12. Vidian nerve 13. Nerve to glands of nose and palate (motor fibers to levator palati muscles) 14.Minor petrosal nerve anastamosis 15. Stapedial nerve 16. Chorda tympani 17. Auricular branch 18. Stylomastoid foramen 19. Lingual nerve 20. Submandibular ganglion 21. Submandibular gland 22. Sublingual gland |
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4/30/2018