English Explanatory Dictionary

facial nerve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

facial nerve facial nerves
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