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Facial nerve right


Abbreviation
7fn
Color       
Superior regionsPeripheral nervous system

SynonymsAbbr.Language
Nervus facialis Lat
Facial nerve7fnEng

SubregionsSide
Facial nerve posterior branchright
Surface of the facial nerveright
Chorda tympaniright
Epineurium of the facial nerveright
Buccal division of the facial nerveright
Facial nerve rostral partright
Facial nerve in tympanic cavityright
Facial nerve at stylomastoid foramenright
Ascending root of the facial nerveright
Limb of the facial nerveright
Auricular branch of the facial nerveright
Temporal branch of the facial nerveright
Zygomatic branch of the facial nerveright
Mandibular branch of the facial nerveright
Cervical branch of the facial nerveright
Stylohyoid and digastric branch of the facial nerveright
Intratemporal portion of the facial nerveright
Buccolabial branch of the facial nerveright

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Superior colliculuscontraSC3
Central gray of the superior colliculuscontracgSC3
Superior colliculus caudolateral partcontraSCCL3
Superior colliculus medial partcontramSC3
Superior colliculus rostral partcontrarSC3
Superior colliculus rostrocaudal partcontraSCrc3
Superior colliculusipsiSC2
Central gray of the superior colliculusipsicgSC2
Superior colliculus caudolateral partipsiSCCL2
Superior colliculus medial partipsimSC2
Superior colliculus rostral partipsirSC2
Superior colliculus rostrocaudal partipsiSCrc2
Spinal trigeminal nucleus caudal partipsiSp5C-2
Nucleus of the solitary tractipsiSol-0.5
Nucleus of the solitary tract anterior partipsiSola-0.5
Nucleus of the solitary tract rostral partipsiSolro-0.5
Nucleus of the solitary tract gustatory portion rostral partipsiSolGuR-0.5
Intermediate portion of the gustatory nucleus of the solitary tractipsiSolGuiM-0.5
Whisker pads musclesipsiMuscWP-2

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Facial nucleus intermediate partcontra7i0.5
Facial nucleus lateral subnucleuscontra7L0.5
Facial nucleus medial partcontra7M0.5
Facial nucleus ventromedial subnucleuscontra7VM0.5
Dorsal portion of the facial motor nucleuscontra7D0.5
Suprafacial nucleuscontra7Supra0.5
Nucleus of the solitary tractcontraSol1
Nucleus of the solitary tract commissural partcontraSolC2
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleuscontraDMHy0
Perifornical hypothalamic area [Preoptic anterior region]contraPFxPAR-0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area dorsal partcontraLHd0
Lateral hypothalamic area ventral partcontraLHAvp0
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]contraDM0
Periventricular zonecontraPVZ0
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleuscontraPa2
Medial part of the caudal perifornical areacontraPeFCM0
Lateral part of the caudal perifornical areacontraPeFCL0
Reticular systemipsiRF3
Intermediate reticular nucleus alpha partipsiIRtA1
Koelliker Fuse nucleusipsiKF-2
Lateral edge of the central lateral parabrachial nucleusipsiPBCeLe-2
Parabrachial nucleus external divison lateral partipsiPBeDL-2
Medial parabrachial nucleus external partipsiMPBE-2
Parvicellular reticular nucleusipsiPCRt-2
Parvicellular reticular nucleus caudal portionipsipRNc1
Medial rostral parvicellular reticular nucleusipsipRNrM1
Ambiguus nucleusipsiAmb-0.5
Facial nucleusipsi73
Facial nucleus intermediate partipsi7i-0.5
Facial nucleus lateral subnucleusipsi7L-0.5
Facial nucleus medial partipsi7M-0.5
Facial nucleus ventrolateral partipsi7VL-2
Facial nucleus ventromedial subnucleusipsi7VM-0.5
Dorsal portion of the facial motor nucleusipsi7D-0.5
Facial nerve or its rootipsi7n-0.5
Suprafacial nucleusipsi7Supra-0.5
Hypoglossal nucleusipsi12S-0.5
Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleusipsiMe5-0.5
Motor trigeminal nucleusipsiMo5-0.5
Principal sensory trigeminal nucleus dorsal partipsiPr5D-2
Nucleus of the solitary tractipsiSol4
Nucleus of the solitary tract rostral partipsiSolro-2
Dorsal motor nucleus of vagusipsi10-0.5
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiDMHy0
Perifornical hypothalamic area [Preoptic anterior region]ipsiPFxPAR0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area dorsal partipsiLHd0
Lateral hypothalamic area ventral partipsiLHAvp0
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]ipsiDM0
Periventricular zoneipsiPVZ0
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPa4
Medial part of the caudal perifornical areaipsiPeFCM0
Lateral part of the caudal perifornical areaipsiPeFCL0
Motoric regionsipsiM3
Ventral horn C1ipsiVHC1-0.5
Ventral horn C2ipsiVHC2-0.5
Ventral horn C3ipsiVHC3-0.5
Ventral horn C4ipsiVHC4-0.5
Ventral horn C5ipsiVHC5-0.5
Ventral horn C6ipsiVHC6-0.5
Ventral horn C7ipsiVHC7-0.5
Ventral horn C8ipsiVHC8-0.5
Fascial vibrissal follicle complexesipsiFVFC-2

Key for weights

ValueWeight
-3 unknown
-2 fibers of passage
-1 not clear
-0.5 exists
0 not present
0.5 very light
1 light / sparse
1.5 light / moderate
2 moderate / dense
2.5 moderate / strong
3 strong
4 very strong





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