facial nerve
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English
Noun
facial nerve (plural facial nerves)
- (neuroanatomy) The seventh (VII) of twelve paired cranial nerves that supply motor fibers especially to the muscles of the face and jaw and sensory and parasympathetic fibers to the tongue, palate, and fauces.
- Hypernym: cranial nerve
- Coordinate terms: olfactory nerve, optic nerve, oculomotor nerve, trochlear nerve, trigeminal nerve, abducens nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve, glossopharyngeal nerve, vagus nerve, accessory nerve, hypoglossal nerve
Translations
nerve
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References
- “facial nerve”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “facial nerve”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.