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The facial nerve does travel through the parotid gland but does not contribute towards its innervation. The glossopharyngeal nerve supplies the parotid gland with parasympathetic fibres.
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The facial nerve travels through the parotid gland, supplying it with parasympathetic fibres
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The facial nerve arises in the pons of the brainstem, travelling through the internal acoustic meatus into the facial canal, which is located in the petrous part of the temporal bone. They eventually leave the facial canal via the stylomastoid foramen.
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Motor fibres of the facial nerve leave the temporal bone through the stylomastoid foramen
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The first extracranial branch to arise is the posterior auricular nerve, which supplies some muscle fibres around the ear. The motor branches to the digastric and stylohyoid muscles arise just distal to this.
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The first extracranial branches of the facial nerve are the motor branches to the digastric and stylohyoid muscles
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This describes the course of the greater petrosal branch. The chorda tympani accompanies the mandibular trigeminal branch to supply taste sensation to the tongue.
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The chorda tympani branch of the facial nerve accompanies the ophthalmic nerve to supply the lacrimal gland
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The parasympathetic fibres supplying the submandibular and sublingual glands do travel with the chorda tympani but through the submandibular, not the pterygopalatine ganglion.
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The parasympathetic fibres supplying the submandibular and sublingual glands travel through the pterygopalatine ganglion with the chorda tympani
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Facial nerve palsy
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Neurology
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Which of the following statements best describes an aspect of the course of the facial nerve?
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