<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 pons of the brainstem, controls the muscles of facial expression, and functions in the conveyance of taste sensations from the anterior two - thirds of the tongue . The nerves typically travels from the pons through the facial canal in the temporal bone and exits the skull at the stylomastoid foramen . It arises from the brainstem from an area posterior to the cranial nerve VI (abducens nerve) and anterior to cranial nerve VIII (vestibulocochlear nerve). </P> <P> The facial nerve also supplies preganglionic parasympathetic fibers to several head and neck ganglia . </P>

Where is the facial nerve located in the brain
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