Facial \Fa"cial\, a. [LL. facialis, fr. L. facies face : cf. F.
facial.]
Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or
nerve. -- Fa"cial*ly, adv.
Facial angle (Anat.), the angle, in a skull, included
between a straight line (ab, in the illustrations), from
the most prominent part of the forehead to the front efge
of the upper jaw bone, and another (cd) from this point to
the center of the external auditory opening. See Gnathic
index, under Gnathic.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |