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MeSH Heading: Facial Nerve
Tree Number(s): A08.800.050.050.275; A08.800.050.600.149; A08.800.800.060.275; A08.800.800.120.250
Unique ID: D005154
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005154
Annotation: neoplasms = FACIAL NERVE DISEASES + CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS + histological type of neoplasm
Scope Note: 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 they provide efferent innervation to the muscles of facial expression and to the lacrimal and SALIVARY GLANDS, and convey afferent information for TASTE from the anterior two-thirds of the TONGUE and for TOUCH from the EXTERNAL EAR.
Entry Term(s): Cranial Nerve VII; Marginal Mandibular Branch; Marginal Mandibular Nerve; Nerve VII; Nerve of Wrisberg; Nervus Facialis; Nervus Intermedius; Nervus Intermedius of Wrisberg; Seventh Cranial Nerve
NLM Classification #: WL 330
See Also: Facial Nucleus
Entry Combination: injuries:Facial Nerve Injuries
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/05/21

Entry Combination: injuries:Facial Nerve Injuries
Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0008121
Scope Note: 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 they provide efferent innervation to the muscles of facial expression and to the lacrimal and SALIVARY GLANDS, and convey afferent information for TASTE from the anterior two-thirds of the TONGUE and for TOUCH from the EXTERNAL EAR.
Terms: Facial Nerve Preferred Term
Term UI T015744
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Nervus Facialis
Term UI T856791
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Nerve VII
Term UI T856790
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Seventh Cranial Nerve
Term UI T015745
Date07/31/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Cranial Nerve VII
Term UI T015746
Date07/31/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

Facial Nerve MeSH Descriptor Data 2023