See Also: communicating branch of facial nerve with glossopharyngeal nerve(medicine)
communicating branches of auriculotemporal nerve to facial nerve(medicine)
facial nerve(medicine)
root of facial nerve(medicine)
area of facial nerve(medicine)
genu of facial nerve(medicine)
geniculum of facial nerve(medicine)
digastric branch of facial nerve(medicine)
cervical branch of facial nerve(medicine)
temporal branch of facial nerve(medicine)

facial nerve (medicine)


facial nerve
<anatomy, nerve> The facial nerve enervates the muscles of the face (facial expression).

Lesion of the facial nerve cause a drooping to one side of the face, inability to wrinkle the forehead, inability to whistle, inability to close the eye and deviation of the mouth to the unaffected side.

Synonym: cranial nerve VII.