Neuro CN VII

Nervus facialis är uppdelad i:

Brachiomotor component(special visceral efferent): - From motor nucleus

Muscles of facial expression, posterior belly of digastric muscle(ventrala delen försörjs av trigeminus)

Stylohyoid och stapedius.

Visceromotor(general visceral efferent): * -From superior salivatory nucleus

Parasympathetic innervation of lacrimal, submandibular and sublingual glands.(nästan alla körtlar i ansiktet utom parotis och svettkörtlar)

Mucous membranes of hard and soft palate.

Special sensory:* - Upper part of nucleus of tractus solitarius

taste from front 2/3 of tongue via chorda tympani, and soft pallae via greater petrosal nerve.

General sensory:* - Upper part of spinal nucleus of nervus trigeminus.

from auricle.

*=part of nervus intermedius.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uhl4th1qLE&NR=1