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Cranial Nerve 5

Motor and sensory nerve-Trigeminal Nerve-Carries sensory information from most of the head, neck, sinuses, and face. Also carries sensory information for ear and tympanic membrane. Provides motor supply to the muscles of masticulation (chewing), and to some of the muscles on the floor of the mouth. Also provides motor supply to tensor tympani (small muscle in the middle ear which tenses to protect the eardrum).