Facial Nerve Definition

noun
Either of the seventh pair of cranial nerves that control facial muscles and relay sensation from the taste buds of the front part of the tongue.
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Synonyms:
  • facial
  • seventh cranial nerve
  • nervus facialis

Other Word Forms of Facial Nerve

Noun

Singular:
facial nerve
Plural:
facial-nerves

Facial Nerve Sentence Examples

  • In cases where there has been trauma, facial nerve decompression may be justified.

  • In 1821, he published his anatomic diagrams of the course of the facial nerve and its innervation of the facial musculature.

  • A surgical procedure involving decompression of the facial nerve through extremely delicate microsurgery has, in severe cases, also been done.

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