An bayyana Jijiya na Fuska a matsayin "ko dai daga cikin nau'i na bakwai na jijiyoyi na cranial da suka taso daga ƙananan ɓangaren pons, suna ratsa ta cikin tashar sauti na ciki da kuma stylomastoid foramen, kuma suna ba da fibers na mota zuwa tsokoki na fuska da fuska. zaruruwa masu azanci zuwa ga ɗanɗanon gaban kashi biyu bisa uku na harshe da kuma zuwa ga baki." Wato jijiyar fuska jijiya ce da ke sarrafa tsokar fuska da kuma taimakawa wajen jin dadin dandano a wasu wurare na harshe da kuma baki.