facial root

facial root
root of facial nerve a motor nerve root consisting of fibers passing from the nucleus of the facial nerve to the facial colliculus, and from there through the ventral surface of the lower part of the pons, where the sensory root (the nervus intermedius) joins it to form the facial nerve.

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