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

geniculum of facial nerve (medicine)


geniculum of facial nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A rectangular bend of the facial nerve in the facial canal where it turns posterior in the medial wall of the middle ear (external geniculum), complex loop of facial nerve fibres around the abducens nucleus (internal geniculum).

Synonym: geniculum nervi facialis.