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facial nerve

seventh cranial nerve
Class type of: cranial nervi, particular anatomical entity Q242160

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
cranial nervi, mixed nerve, class of anatomical entity[2][3]
Subclass of
cranial nervi, particular anatomical entity[4][5]
Arterial supply
petrosal branch of middle meningeal artery[11]
Described by source
Gray's Anatomy (20th edition), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[6][7][8][9]
Has anatomical branch
temporal branches of the facial nerve, chorda tympani, nerve to the stapedius, greater petrosal nerve, zygomatic branches of the facial nerve, buccal branch of the facial nerve, marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve, cervical branch of the facial nerve, stylohyoid branch of facial nerve, posterior auricular nerve[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]
Innervates
stapedius muscle, occipitofrontalis muscle, digastric muscle, orbicularis oculi muscle, Orbicularis oris muscle, zygomaticus major muscle, zygomaticus minor muscle, platysma muscle, procerus muscle, nasalis muscle, depressor septi nasi muscle, corrugator supercilii muscle
+10 moredepressor supercilii muscle, extrinsic auricular muscle, depressor anguli oris muscle, risorius muscle, levator labii superioris, levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle, depressor labii inferioris muscle, Levator anguli oris, buccinator muscle, mentalis
[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
NCI Thesaurus ID
C12714[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en facial nerve en CN VII en nervus facialis en cranial nerve VII ar العصب القحفي السابع ar Facial nerve ar عصب وجهي ar العصب السابع ar العصب الوجهي السابع cs nervus facialis cs nerv lícní cs lícní nerv cs VII. hlavový nerv de N. facialis de Fazialisnerv de Nervus intermediofacialis de Gesichtsnerv el Προσωπικό νεύρο es Par septimo es Par craneal VII
🔖 Identifiers · 35
OpenAlex ID
C2778987478
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Cranial nerve VII.svg ↗
BNCF Thesaurus ID
46724
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/facial-nerve
Foundational Model of Anatomy ID
50868
Freebase ID
/m/01fj7x
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
nervi-facial
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0182836
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
litsevoi-nerv-7afef8
ICD-11 ID (Foundation)
848343847
ICD-11 ID (MMS)
XA64Y7
J9U entity ID
987007565340305171
Show all 35 identifiers +23
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
facial-nerve-diseases
KBpedia ID
FacialNerve
MeSH descriptor ID
D005154
MeSH tree code
A08.800.050.050.275, A08.800.050.600.149, A08.800.800.060.275, A08.800.800.120.250
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778987478, 2911104774
NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms entry
facial-nerve
NL CR AUT ID
ph223716
National Library of Latvia ID
000343062
NeuroNames ID (plain mode)
551
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
1288321
Quora topic ID
Facial-Nerve
SVKKL authority ID
0367407-licni-nerv
Store medisinske leksikon ID
ansiktsnerven
TA2 ID
6284
TA98 Latin term
nervus facialis
Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID
A14.2.01.099
Topic's main category
Category:Facial nerve
UBERON ID
0001647
UMLS CUI
C0015462, C0228743
Wellcome Collection concept ID
dg99p7b5
WikiSkripta article ID
2305
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
05486966-n
Xenopus Anatomical Ontology ID
XAO_0003094

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🔗 Connections
Innervates 22
orbicularis oculi muscle, digastric muscle, platysma muscle, stapedius muscle, buccinator muscle, nasalis muscle, occipitofrontalis muscle, Orbicularis oris muscle +14 more
← Innervated by 17
orbicularis oculi muscle, digastric muscle, platysma muscle, stapedius muscle, nasalis muscle, occipitofrontalis muscle, Orbicularis oris muscle, risorius muscle +9 more
Has anatomical branch 5
chorda tympani, greater petrosal nerve, nerve to the stapedius, posterior auricular nerve, temporal branches of the facial nerve
← Anatomical branch of 4
chorda tympani, nerve to the stapedius, posterior auricular nerve, temporal branches of the facial nerve
Described by source 1
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Instance of 1
cranial nervi
Subclass of 1
cranial nervi
Topic's main category 1
Category:Facial nerve
← Anatomical location 1
geniculate herpes zoster
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Facial nerve
← FactGrid item ID 1
Dundee
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Summary

facial nerve is a cranial nervi[1].

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  3. [4] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0367407-licni-nerv
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0367407-licni-nerv, batch #259494"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → cranial nervi, particular anatomical entity
    Innervates → stapedius muscle, occipitofrontalis muscle, digastric muscle +1
    Instance of → cranial nervi, mixed nerve, class of anatomical entity
    Has anatomical branch → temporal branches of the facial nerve, chorda tympani, nerve to the stapedius +1
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007565340305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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