The Patient Is Diagnosed with Bell's Palsy

The patient is diagnosed with Bell's palsy.The nurse assesses the patient and notices drooping of the patient's right eye and the right side of his mouth.When the functions of the following cranial nerves (CNs) are compared,the most likely cause of these symptoms would be a dysfunction of the

A) facial nerve (CN VII) .
B) trigeminal nerve (CN V) .
C) oculomotor nerve (CN III) .
D) glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) .