<P> The facial nerve is the seventh cranial nerve , or simply cranial nerve VII . It emerges from the brainstem between the pons and the medulla , controls the muscles of facial expression , and functions in the conveyance of taste sensations from the anterior two - thirds of the tongue and oral cavity . It also supplies preganglionic parasympathetic fibers to several head and neck ganglia . </P>
<P> The facial nerve is the seventh cranial nerve , or simply cranial nerve VII . It emerges from the brainstem between the pons and the medulla , controls the muscles of facial expression , and functions in the conveyance of taste sensations from the anterior two - thirds of the tongue and oral cavity . It also supplies preganglionic parasympathetic fibers to several head and neck ganglia . </P>
where does the 7th cranial nerve exit the skull
where does the 7th cranial nerve exit the skull
between the pons and the medulla
between the pons and the medulla