SEVENTH CRANIAL NERVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seventh cranial nerve mean? 

• SEVENTH CRANIAL NERVE (noun)
  The noun SEVENTH CRANIAL NERVE has 1 sense:

1. cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles

  Familiarity information: SEVENTH CRANIAL NERVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEVENTH CRANIAL NERVE (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 ("seventh cranial nerve" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("seventh cranial nerve" is a part of...):

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

 Context examples 

It is caused by damage to the seventh cranial nerve.

(Congenital Facial Nerve Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder affecting the facial nerve (seventh cranial nerve).

(Facial Nerve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by involvement of the facial nerve (seventh cranial nerve).

(Facial Nerve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)