Term Name: facial nerve
Synonyms: 7n, branchiomeric cranial nerve, CN-VII, cranial nerve VII, face nerve, facial nerve [VII], facial nerve or its root, facial nerve tree, facial nerve/root, facial VII, facial VII nerve, nerve of face, nerve VII, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve
Definition: 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).
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0001647]

Relationships
is part of: gustatory system
has parts: chorda tympani branch of facial nerve digastric branch of facial nerve nerve innervating pinna nerve to stylohyoid from facial nerve ramus hyomandibularis vidian nerve
is a type of: cranial nerve
has subtype: ramus palatinus