Yale- Cranial Nerve 7, pg. 12 Page header & navigation buttons.


Chapter contents

Branchial motor

Visceral motor

Special sensory

General sensory

Peripheral lesions

 
Cranial Nerve VII - Facial Nerve Page 12 of 28

Clinical Correlation - LMN Lesions of Facial Nerve (VII)

A LMN lesion of CN VII in conjunction with deficits associated with CN VIII (vestibulocochlear nerve) are characteristic of a lesion in the region of the internal acoustic meatus.

An example of this type of lesion is an acoustic neuroma:




Page footer & navigation buttons.
Last revised: March 22, 1998