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Chorda tympani
Chorda tympani: branch of the facial nerve (CN VII) crossing the middle ear between malleus and incus, joining the lingual nerve; carries anterior two-thirds tongue taste and parasympathetic fibers to submandibular and sublingual glands.
Face
Face: front of the head, moved by the facial nerve (CN VII) with five motor branches plus taste, salivary, and lacrimal functions; facial nerve palsy, mostly Bell's palsy, is its main disorder.
Facial nerve
Facial nerve (CN VII), seventh cranial nerve with motor and intermediate roots; supplies facial expression muscles, taste anterior two-thirds of tongue, and lacrimal/submandibular/sublingual glands; exits via stylomastoid foramen; Bell's palsy.