part of part_of part of part_of innervates innervates has developmental contribution from has developmental contribution from extends_fibers_into neuron projection bundle facial nucleus nerve gustatory system facial muscle facial nerve 7n AAO:0010472 BAMS:7n BAMS:VIIn BAMS:Viin BAMS:nVII BM:Pons-VIIN CN-VII Cranial nerve that branches into the supraorbital (supplying the skin of the eye region and the lateral line organs here), the palatine (to the roof of the buccal cavity), and the hyomandibular (dividing into the jugular and mental branches). EHDAA2:0000489 EHDAA:3729 EMAPA:17796 FMA:50868 GAID:719 HBA:9328 MA:0001091 MBA:798 MESH:D005154 NCIT:C12714 OpenCyc:Mx4rvthgEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA Slender nerve composed of branchiomotor and visceral efferent fibers innervating the mouth and various muscles within the jaw. Sensory components innervate the bucccal roof and somatomotor components innervate the depressor musculature and muscle interhyoideus.[AAO] TAO:0000664 UBERON:0001647 UMLS:C0015462 VHOG:0000706 We conclude this section by listing some of the many synapomorphies of craniates, including (...) (5) cranial nerves (...) (reference 1); Phylogenetically, the cranial nerves are thought to have evolved from dorsal and ventral nerves of a few anterior spinal nerves that became incorporated into the braincase. Dorsal and ventral nerves fuse in the trunk but not in the head, and they produce two series: dorsal cranial nerves (V, VII, IX, and X) and ventral cranial nerves (III, IV, VI, and XIII) (reference 2).[well established][VHOG] XAO:0003094 ZFA:0000664 branchiomeric cranial nerve cranial nerve VII face nerve facial VII facial VII nerve facial nerve [VII] facial nerve or its root facial nerve tree facial nerve/root http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=551 nerve VII nerve of face nervus facialis nervus facialis nervus facialis [vii] seventh cranial nerve uberon cranial nerve pharyngeal arch 2 basal plate metencephalon