<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The facial nerve is the seventh cranial nerve, or simply cranial nerve VII . It emerges from the brainstem between the pons and the medulla, controls the muscles of facial expression, and functions in the conveyance of taste sensations from the anterior two - thirds of the tongue and oral cavity . It also supplies preganglionic parasympathetic fibers to several head and neck ganglia . </P> <P> The facial and intermediate nerves can be collectively referred to as the nervus intermediofacialis . </P>

Where does the 7th cranial nerve exit the skull