Medical Definition of Cranial nerve VII
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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.
(27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cranial Nerve VII
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