Cranial Nerves V & VII

🎙️ Episode Description: Cranial Nerves V & VII – Feel, Chew, Smile

In this engaging and memory-friendly episode of PodBites, Ismail Abdullah and Amro Badra team up to break down two of the most action-packed cranial nerves: the Trigeminal (CN V) and Facial (CN VII) nerves. From chewing and blinking to facial sensation and ugly crying, they guide you through each nerve’s pathway, branches, clinical relevance, and how to never forget them again.

💡 Key Highlights:
✔️ Trigeminal Nerve: V1, V2, V3 — sensory and motor divisions, muscles of mastication.
✔️ Facial Nerve: full pathway from brainstem to face, chorda tympani, nerve to stapedius, and terminal branches
✔️ Sensory vs taste vs parasympathetic — who does what and how they hitchhike
✔️ Clinical pearls: Bell’s palsy, hyperacusis, Frey’s syndrome, trigeminal neuralgia, and more
✔️ Mnemonics, analogies, and smooth podcast banter to lock it all in

Perfect for med students, anatomy lovers, or anyone who’s ever blinked, smiled, or chewed food!

🎧 Tune in now and get to know the nerves that control your face, your flavor, and your feels!