HEAD NECK
SCALP FACE TEMPLE
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This cranial nerve is the chief sensory nerve of the face that serves as the motor nerve of the muscles that control chewing.
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Facial nerve or cranial nerve VII
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Trigeminal nerve or cranial nerve V
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Accessory nerve or cranial nerve XI
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The trigeminal nerve is the largest of the cranial nerves and provides sensory and motor innervation to the muscles of mastication.
Detailed explanation-2: -WHAT IS A CRANIAL NERVE PALSY? A palsy is a lack of function of a nerve. A cranial nerve palsy may cause a partial weakness or complete paralysis of the areas served by the affected nerve.
Detailed explanation-3: -The motor nucleus of the trigeminal nerve, located in the tegmentum of the upper area of the pons, gives rise to the motor root of the nerve [4]. The motor root runs along the trigeminal cave and joins the sensory root before leaving the skull through the foramen ovale and enters the infratemporal fossa.
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