Facial nerve

The facial nerve is the seventh (VII) of twelve paired cranial nerves. It emerges from the brainstem between the pons and the medulla, and controls the muscles of facial ...

facial nerve

Medical; Health care; Medicine

The 7th cranial nerve. The facial nerve has two parts, the larger motor root which may be called the facial nerve proper, and the smaller intermediate or sensory root. Together ...

facial nerve

Anatomy; Nervous system

Facial nerve is the 7th cranial nerve( there are 12 cranial nerves) and it is the great motor nerve of the head. It innervates all the muscles of facial expression and several ...

buccal branch of the facial nerve

Anatomy; Nervous system

The Buccal Branches of the facial nerve (infraorbital branches), of larger size than the rest of the branches, pass horizontally forward to be distributed below the orbit and ...

optic nerve

Anatomy; Cranial nerves

The optic nerve connects the eye to the brain. It carries the impulses formed by the retina, the nerve layer that lines the back of the eye and senses light and creates impulses. ...

olfactory nerve

Anatomy; Cranial nerves

A nerve that registers smells by carrying the impulses for the sense of smell from the nose to the brain.

ventricular fibrillation

Anatomy; Medical; Allergies and allergens; Arteries; Cardiology; Cardiovascular

An erratic, disorganized firing of impulses from the ventricles. The ventricles quiver and are unable to contract or pump blood to the body. This is a medical emergency that ...

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