NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The facial nerve performs these motor (movement) and sensory functions: Controls the muscles that make your facial expressions. Controls muscle in your inner ear that moderates loudness of sound.

Detailed explanation-2: -Facial movements can be (1) voluntary, coordinated by cortical pathways, (2) reflexive, or (3) driven by central pattern generators coordinated by subcortical motor pathways, located mainly in the brainstem.

Detailed explanation-3: -The muscles of facial expression are innervated by the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII), and the muscles of mastication are innervated by the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve (cranial nerve V3).