FACIAL NERVE

CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. EMBRYOLOGY
3. NUCLEAR ORIGIN
4. COURSE
5. BRANCHES
6. SEGMENTS
7. FUNCTIONS
8. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS
9. BELL’S PALSY
10. TREATMENT FOR FACIAL NERVE INJURY
11. PROSTHODONTIC REHABILITATION WITH BELL’S PALSY PATIENT
12. REFERENCES
INTRODUCTION
EMBRYOLOGY OF FACIAL NERVE
NUCLEAR ORIGIN OF FACIAL NERVE
COURSE OF FACIAL NERVE
1 ) INTRACRANIAL PART – from Pons to IAC ( Internal
Acoustic Canal within cerebello–pontine angle

Nerve of Wrisberg
2 ) INTRATEMPORAL PART – from IAC to stylomastoid foramen
(meatal, labyrinth, tympanic, mastoid segments)
3) EXTRA-CRANIAL PART – from Stylomastoid foramen to
terminal branches
BRANCHES OF FACIAL NERVE
SEGMENTS OF FACIAL NERVE
FUNCTIONS
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF
FACIAL NERVE
FACIAL NERVE INJURY
ETIOLOGY OF FACIAL NERVE PALSY
SUNDERLAND’S CLASSIFICATION
HOUSE BRACKMANN CLASSIFICATION
SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR FACIAL
NERVE INJURY
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