3. Pons
Medulla
Facial nerve
Petrous bone
Internal auditory
meatus
Vestibule of
internal ear
Geniculate
ganglion
Medial wall
Posterior
wall
Stylo-
mastoid
fr.
Styloid
process
Parotid gland
Course of facial N.
Dr.Sherif Fahmy
4. Facial nerve
Geniculate
ganglion
Stylo-
mastoid
fr.
1- Greater superficial
petrosal n.
F.Lacerum
Pterygoid canal
Spheno-
palatine
ganglion
2-N. To
stapedius m.
3-Chorda
tympani n.
4- Posterior
auricular n.
5- N. to posterior belly of
digastric & stylohyoid ms.
Lingual n.
Submandibular
ganglion
Branches of facial n.
Dr.Sherif Fahmy