c tractOculomotor (CN III)Nucleioculomotor nucleusEdinger–Westphal nucleusBranchessuperiorparasympathetic root of ciliary ganglioninferiorTrochlear (CN IV)NucleusBranchesno significant branchesTrigeminal (CN V)NucleiPSNspinal trigeminal nucleusMNTMNCoursetrigeminal ganglionBranchesophthalmicmaxillarymandibularAbducens (CN VI)NucleusBranchesno significant branchesFacial (CN VII)Near originIntermediate nerveGeniculateInsidefacial canalGreater petrosalpterygopalatine ganglionNerve to the stapediusChorda tympanilingual nervesubmandibular ganglionAt stylomastoidforamenPosterior auricularSuprahyoiddigastricstylohyoidParotid plexustemporalzygomaticbuccalmandibularcervicalNucleiFacial motor nucleusSolitary nucleusSuperior salivary nucleusVestibulocochlear (CN VIII)Nucleivestibular nucleicochlear nucleiCochlear nervestriae medullareslateral lemniscusVestibularScarpa's ganglionGlossopharyngeal (CN IX)Before jugular fossaGangliasupe