"facial nerve" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: facial nerves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} facial nerve (plural facial nerves)
  1. (neuroanatomy) 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. Wikipedia link: facial nerve Categories (topical): Neuroanatomy Translations (nerve): nervi facial [masculine] (Catalan), 面神經 (Chinese Mandarin), 面神经 (miànshénjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 顏面神經 (Chinese Mandarin), 颜面神经 (yánmiànshénjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), lícní nerv [masculine] (Czech), kasvohermo (Finnish), naamahermo (Finnish), fasiaalihermo (Finnish), arcideg (Hungarian), néaróg éadain [feminine] (Irish), nervio facial [masculine] (Spanish), facial [masculine] (Spanish)

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