Weakness of the chewing muscles, and numbness of the skin of the jaw could be an injury to which cranial nerve?

A. The accessory nerve (XI)
B. The trigeminal nerve (V)
C. The facial nerve (VII)
D. The abducens nerve (VI)
E. The hypoglossal nerve (XII)


Answer: B. The trigeminal nerve (V)

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