A 28-year-old woman at 19 weeks of pregnancy complains of acute onset of numbness of the right cheek and drooping of the right face that occurred over 1 hour. She denies trauma to the head. On examination, the patient has difficulty closing her right eyelid, and her right nasolabial fold is smoother than on the left. She also is drooling from the right side of her mouth. The remainder of the neurological examination is normal. List the functional components of the facial nerve?

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A 28-year-old woman at 19 weeks of pregnancy complains of acute onset of numbness of the 
right cheek and drooping of the right face that occurred over 1 hour. She denies trauma to the 
head. On examination, the patient has difficulty closing her right eyelid, and her right nasolabial 
fold is smoother than on the left. She also is drooling from the right side of her mouth. The 
remainder of the neurological examination is normal. 

List the functional components of the facial nerve? 

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