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FACIAL NERVE
Functional components


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Motor ( SVE ) - muscles of facial expression ,

stapedius , stylohyoid

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posterior belly of digastric

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Secretomotor ( GVE ) - lacrimal gland , glands in m.m. of nose, PNS , palate & nasopharynx

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submandibular , sublingual and other minor salivary glands ,
mucosal glands in oral cavity


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Sensory ( SVA ) - taste from anterior 2/3 of tongue

from floor of oral cavity & palate

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Sensory ( GSA ) - from EAC ( ext. auditory canal )
Facial nerve nuclei

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Main motor nucleus ( SVE )

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Parasympathetic nuclei ( Superior salivatory nucleus & lacrimatory nucleus - GVE )

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Sensory nuclei ( Nucleus of Tractus Solitarius - SVA ,

Spinal part of Sensory nucleus of CN V - GSA )
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Main motor nucleus

> lies deep in the reticular formation of lower part of pons

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> supplies muscles derived from 2nd branchial arch

> supranuclear connections - IMPORTANT
Upper part of nucleus receives corticonuclear fibres from both cerebral hemispheres
Lower part of nucleus receives only contralateral corticonuclear fibres

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These connections have important bearing on clinical presentation of lesions affecting
facial nerve .

These connections explain voluntary control of facial muscles .

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Another INVOLUNTARY pathway exists ?
It is separate & controls mimetic / emotional changes in facial expression .
It forms part of reticular formation .

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Parasympathetic nuclei

> lie posterolateral to main motor nucleus

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> they are superior salivatory nucleus
& lacrimal nucleus
Neurons of the 2 nuclei seem to be intermingled with each other and exact location of these

nuclei in humans are uncertain

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> receives afferent fibers from -
1. hypothalamus through autonomic descending pathways
2. taste fibers ascending from NTS

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> lacrimal nucleus receives afferent fibers from
1. hypothalamus for emotional responses
2. sensory nuclei of CN V for reflex lacrimation .

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Sensory nucleui - NTS ( SVA) , Spinal nucleus of CN V ( GSA )


> upper part of NTS (nucleus of tractus solitarius ) lies close to motor nucleus

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> taste pathway -

Receptors ( taste buds )

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1st order neuron ( geniculate ganglia )

NTS

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2nd order neuron

cross the median plane and ascend to

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VPMN ( ventral posteromedial nucleus )of opposite thalamus

& to a number of hypothalamic nuclei -

3rd order neuron

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from thalamus pass through internal capsule & corona-radiata to end in taste area of the cortex in

lower part of post central gyrus ( insular cortex ) .

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Sensory nuclei cont'd .....

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> sGSA fibers from
concha of EAC &
retroauricular groove region


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will reach the

sensory nucleus of CN V
(after entering brainstem) &

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then run with the CN V
Branches of facial nerve

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Greater superficial petrosal nerve

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Nerve to stapedius

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Chorda tympani

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Communicating branch

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Posterior auricular nerve

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Muscular branches

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Peripheral branches -

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> 2 divisions entering the parotid are temporofacial / temporozygomatic
& cervicofacial
they form a network of nerves within parotid ( pes anserinus /goose foot )
the plexus gives of five / five group of branches

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these branches leave the parotid and diverge into there area of distribution

branches are ?
1. temporal
2. zygomatic

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3. buccal
4. mandibular
5. cervical

> they supply all muscles of facial expression

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Course of facial nerve

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Motor root

Starting from motor nucleus first travels posteriorly around the medial side of abducent nucleus &

then loops around the nucleus of CNVI coming lateral to it . This loop of facial nerve lies in the floor

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of IV th ventricle & produces an elevation in the ventricle called facial colliculus .

After looping around nucleus of CN VI it passes anteriorly to emerge from brainstem .

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Sensory root ( nervus intermedius / nerve of Wrisberg ) made of

1. central processes of unipolar cells of geniculate ganglion

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2. parasympathetic fibers ?
efferent preganglionic parasympathetic fibers from superior salivatory and lacrimal nuclei .
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The course of the facial nerve can be divided into


> intracranial - 24mm ( 5-12mm in IAC )

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> intratemporal - 28 ? 30 mm , facial (fallopian) canal ;
labyrinthine segment - 3-5mm
first genu ( geniculate ganglion) -
tympanic segment 8-11mm
second genu

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mastoid segment 12 ? 20mm

stylomastoid foramen

> extratemporal portions

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