SEVENTH CRANIAL NERVE
\sˈɛvənθ kɹˈe͡ɪnɪəl nˈɜːv], \sˈɛvənθ kɹˈeɪnɪəl nˈɜːv], \s_ˈɛ_v_ə_n_θ k_ɹ_ˈeɪ_n_ɪ__ə_l n_ˈɜː_v]\
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The 7th cranial nerve. The facial nerve has two parts, the larger motor root which may be called the facial nerve proper, and the smaller intermediate or sensory root. Together they provide efferent innervation to the muscles of facial expression and to the lacrimal and salivary glands, and convey afferent information for taste from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue and for touch from the external ear.
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