Wiktionary
n. (context neuroanatomy English) The seventh (VII) of twelve paired cranial nerves.
WordNet
n. cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles [syn: facial, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve]
Wikipedia
The facial nerve is the seventh cranial nerve, or simply cranial nerve VII. It emerges from the brainstem between the pons and the medulla, controls the muscles of facial expression, and functions in the conveyance of taste sensations from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue and oral cavity. It also supplies preganglionic parasympathetic fibers to several head and neck ganglia.
Usage examples of "facial nerve".
Taza explained that there was a facial nerve below the eye from which radiated a whole complex of nerves.
Syntheta have been known to skimp on the smaller facial nerve/muscle interfaces.
The skin of the left cheek had been dissected, revealing the course of the facial nerve.
Syntheta have been known to skimp on the smaller facial nerve-muscle interfaces.
The bloodless lips descended on mine again, and again her needle ran into my jaw, probing exactly for the great lump of the trigeminal facial nerve, and finding it.