This nerve also plays a role in taste. Behind the ear, the facial nerve enters a bony structure called the facial canal.

Iram Ahmad: Inside your middle ear is the nerve that moves the muscles of your face. Narrator: Aka the facial nerve. And if it becomes inflamed or injured, say, from a nasty ear infection ...

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