When the tip of the tongue feels pain from hot soup,the lingual division of the facial nerve is innervated because the lingual nerve supplies sensation to the anterior two-thirds of the tongue.
A) Both the statement and the reason are correct and related.
B) Both the statement and the reason are correct but are NOT related.
C) The statement is correct,but the reason is NOT correct.
D) The statement is NOT correct,but the reason is correct.
E) NEITHER the statement NOR the reason is correct.

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The anterior two-thirds of the tongue is innervated by sensory fibers of the lingual division of the posterior division of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve.A separate nerve,the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII),does not provide perception of pain.However,a small branch of the facial nerve,the chorda tympani,carries special sensory fibers of taste perception from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue.

When the Tip of the Tongue Feels Pain from Hot