Facial nerve has________________?

Correct answer: B. Motor and sensory root

  • A. Motor root only
  • B. Motor and sensory root
  • C. Motor and sympathetic
  • D. Motor, sympathetic and parasympathetic fibres

Explanation

The facial nerve has a large motor root and a smaller nervus intermedius carrying sensory and parasympathetic fibres. Thus, it is more than a purely motor nerve, although its sympathetic fibres are hitchhiking fibres from other nerves.

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