Facial Nerve Diseases MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Facial Nerve Diseases
Tree Number(s): C07.465.299; C10.292.319
Unique ID: D005155
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005155
Scope Note: Diseases of the facial nerve or nuclei. Pontine disorders may affect the facial nuclei or nerve fascicle. The nerve may be involved intracranially, along its course through the petrous portion of the temporal bone, or along its extracranial course. Clinical manifestations include facial muscle weakness, loss of taste from the anterior tongue, hyperacusis, and decreased lacrimation.
Entry Version: FACIAL NERVE DIS
Entry Term(s): Acquired Facial Neuropathy; Cranial Nerve VII Diseases; Cranial Nerve VII Disorders; Facial Myokymia; Facial Nerve Disorders; Facial Nerve Motor Disorders; Facial Nerve Sensory Disorders; Facial Neuritis; Facial Neuropathy; Familial Facial Neuropathy; Geniculate Ganglionitis; Motor Disorders, Facial Nerve; Sensory Disorders, Facial Nerve; Seventh Cranial Nerve Diseases
NLM Classification #: WL 330
Previous Indexing: Facial Nerve (1966-1980); Peripheral Nerve Diseases (1966-1980)
Public MeSH Note: 81
History Note: 81
Date Established: 1981/01/01
Date of Entry: 1980/04/04
Revision Date: 2015/06/23

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0008122
Scope Note: Diseases of the facial nerve or nuclei. Pontine disorders may affect the facial nuclei or nerve fascicle. The nerve may be involved intracranially, along its course through the petrous portion of the temporal bone, or along its extracranial course. Clinical manifestations include facial muscle weakness, loss of taste from the anterior tongue, hyperacusis, and decreased lacrimation.
Terms: Facial Nerve Diseases Preferred Term
Term UI T015747
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1981); Cranial Nerve VII Diseases
Term UI T370059
Date11/05/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Cranial Nerve VII Disorders
Term UI T370271
Date11/05/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Facial Neuropathy
Term UI T370272
Date11/05/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Facial Nerve Disorders
Term UI T370273
Date11/05/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Seventh Cranial Nerve Diseases
Term UI T370274
Date11/05/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

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