facial nerves

A form of facial nerve — 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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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of facial nerve
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