##  [Facial Nerve](/facial-nerve) 

  ##  [Facial Nerve](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/facial-nerve-0) 

  

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Definition

Cranial nerve VII (CN VII), a mixed cranial nerve that provides motor innervation to the muscles of facial expression, conveys taste from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue (via the chorda tympani), and carries parasympathetic fibers to lacrimal and some salivary glands; it also mediates the efferent limb of the corneal reflex.