NERVUS FACIALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nervus facialis mean? 

• NERVUS FACIALIS (noun)
  The noun NERVUS FACIALIS has 1 sense:

1. cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles

  Familiarity information: NERVUS FACIALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NERVUS FACIALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

facial; facial nerve; nervus facialis; seventh cranial nerve

Hypernyms ("nervus facialis" is a kind of...):

cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)

Holonyms ("nervus facialis" is a part of...):

face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)