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MOTOR NERVE OF FACE
The facialnerve enervates the muscles of the person (facial expression).
Lesion of the facialnervereason a drooping to one side of the person, inability to wrinkle the forehead, inability to whistle, inability to close the eye and deviation of the mouth to the unaffected side.
Synonym: cranialnerve VII.