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Peripheral lesions| Cranial Nerve VII - Facial Nerve | Page 2 of 28 |
Branchial Motor Component
The largest component of the facial nerve.
Provides voluntary control of the muscles of facial expression (including buccinator, occipitalis and platysma muscles), as well as the posterior belly of the digastric, stylohyoid and stapedius muscles.
Note the branchial motor components of the facial nerve:
