See Also: root of facial nerve(medicine)
communicating branch of facial nerve with glossopharyngeal nerve(medicine)
communicating branches of auriculotemporal nerve to facial nerve(medicine)
facial root(medicine)
facial nerve(medicine)
genu of facial nerve(medicine)
geniculum of facial nerve(medicine)
area of facial nerve(medicine)
nerve root(medicine)
motor nucleus of facial nerve(medicine)

root of facial nerve (medicine)


root of facial nerve
<anatomy, nerve> Fibres running from the facial motor nucleus upward to the facial colliculus where they curve around the abducens nucleus and then pass peripherally between the superior olive and sensory nucleus of the trigeminal, to emerge as the facial nerve from the pontomedullary groove.

Synonym: radix nervi facialis.