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| Term | facial nerve morphogenesis | ID (Ontology) | GO:0021610 (Gene Ontology) |
| Definition | The process in which the anatomical structure of the facial nerve is generated and organized. This sensory and motor nerve supplies the muscles of facial expression and the expression and taste at the anterior two-thirds of the tongue. The principal branches are the superficial ophthalmic, buccal, palatine and hyomandibular. The main trunk synapses within pterygopalatine ganglion in the parotid gland and this ganglion then gives of nerve branches which supply the lacrimal gland and the mucous secreting glands of the nasal and oral cavities.[ ISBN:0838580343 ] | ||
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anatomical structure morphogenesis |__cranial nerve morphogenesis |__facial nerve morphogenesis |
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| Is a | cranial nerve morphogenesis | ||
| Part of | facial nerve development | ||
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