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Category:GO:0021610 ! facial nerve morphogenesis
name: facial nerve morphogenesis
namespace: biological_process
def: "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." [GO_REF:0000021, GOC:cls, GOC:dgh, GOC:dph, GOC:jid, ISBN:0838580343]
synonym: "CN VII morphogenesis" RELATED []
is_a: GO:0021602 ! cranial nerve morphogenesis
relationship: part_of: GO:0021561 ! facial nerve development
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<GOterm>GO:0021610</GOterm>
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