Medical Definition of Geniculum of facial nerve

1. A rectangular bend of the facial nerve in the facial canal where it turns posterior in the medial wall of the middle ear (external geniculum), complex loop of facial nerve fibres around the abducens nucleus (internal geniculum). Synonym: geniculum nervi facialis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Geniculum Of Facial Nerve

geniculate body
geniculate ganglion
geniculate neuralgia
geniculate otalgia
geniculate zoster
geniculated
geniculation
geniculations
geniculatus lateralis nucleus
geniculocalcarine radiation
geniculocalcarine tract
geniculum
geniculum canalis facialis
geniculum nervi facialis
geniculum of facial canal
geniculum of facial nerve (current term)
genie
genie is out of the bottle
genielike
genies
genii
genii loci
genii locorum
genin
genioglossal muscle
genioglossi
genioglossus
genioglossus muscle
geniohyoid
geniohyoideus

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