See Also: seventh cranial nerve(medicine)
Cranial nerve XII(health)
Cranial nerve II(health)
Cranial nerve I(health)
third cranial nerve(medicine)
cranial nerve I(medicine)
cranial nerve II(medicine)
cranial nerve III(medicine)
cranial nerve IV(medicine)
cranial nerve IX(medicine)

seventh cranial nerve (medicine)


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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.