<prompt> All are related to facial nerve EXCEPT:Maxillary processStylomastoid foramenPosterior belly of diagstric muscleParotid gland  <response>: Ans. A Maxillary processRef: BDC, Vol-3 pg. 355-356 The facial nerve leaves the skull by passing through the stylomastoid foramen. Branches and Distribution: Within the facial canal:- Greater petrosal nerve- to the eye lacrimal gland- The nerve to the stapedius- to the stapedius muscle in middle ear- The chorda tympani- to the tongue At its exit from the stylomastoid foramen it gives out branches to Posterior auricular, Digastrics and stylohyoid. It has terminal branches within the parotid gland also like, temporal, Zygomatic, Buccal, Marginal mandibular and Cervical. 