Core Curriculum Syllabus: Facial Paralysis

Diagram of nerves of the face

 

1. nucleus of facial nerve
2.
spinal nucleus of trigeminal nerve
3. superior sailvary 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. innervation of glands of nose and palate (motor fibers for levator palati muscles)
14.
anastamosis with minor petrosal nerve
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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