Answer
The facial nerve (CN VII) is a mixed nerve with both sensory and motor neurons.
Work Step by Step
Motor neurons of the facial nerve originate in a nucleus in the pons ( in a pontine nucleus).
Principles of Anatomy and Physiology 14e with Atlas of the Skeleton Set (14th Edition)
by Tortora, Gerard J.
Published by
Wiley
ISBN 10:
1-11877-456-6
ISBN 13:
978-1-11877-456-4
Chapter 14 - The Brain and Cranial Nerves - Figure 14.21 - Page 508: 1
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