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Facial Nerve Injuries MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Facial Nerve Injuries
Tree Number(s)
C07.465.299.500
C10.292.200.500
C10.292.319.500
C10.900.300.218.300
C26.915.300.400.300
Unique ID
D020220
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020220
Scope Note
Traumatic injuries to the facial nerve. This may result in FACIAL PARALYSIS, decreased lacrimation and salivation, and loss of taste sensation in the anterior tongue. The nerve may regenerate and reform its original pattern of innervation, or regenerate aberrantly, resulting in inappropriate lacrimation in response to gustatory stimuli (e.g., crocodile tears) and other syndromes.
Entry Version
FACIAL NERVE INJ
Entry Term(s)
Cranial Nerve VII Injuries
Facial Nerve Avulsion
Facial Nerve Trauma
Facial Neuropathy, Traumatic
Injuries, Cranial Nerve VII
Injuries, Seventh Cranial Nerve
Injury, Facial Nerve
Marginal Mandibular Nerve Injuries
Marginal Mandibular Nerve Injury
Nerve Injury, Facial
Seventh Cranial Nerve Injuries
Previous Indexing
Facial Nerve (1966-1980)
Facial Nerve Diseases (1981-1999)
Facial Paralysis (1965-1999)
Public MeSH Note
2000
History Note
2000
Date Established
2000/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/11/03
Revision Date
2019/05/17
Facial Nerve Injuries Preferred
Facial Nerve Avulsion Narrower
Marginal Mandibular Nerve Injury Narrower
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