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facial nerve

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables
fa-cial n-erve
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

facial nerves (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

olfactory nerve optic nerve oculomotor nerve trochlear nerve trigeminal nerve abducens nerve vestibulocochlear nerve glossopharyngeal nerve

Synonyms

facial nervus facialis seventh cranial nerve

Questions

What does facial nerve mean?
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.

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