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GENU NERVI FACIALIS

\d͡ʒˈɛnuː nˈɜːvi fˈe͡ɪʃə͡lˌiz], \d‍ʒˈɛnuː nˈɜːvi fˈe‍ɪʃə‍lˌiz], \dʒ_ˈɛ_n_uː n_ˈɜː_v_i f_ˈeɪ_ʃ_əl_ˌi_z]\

Definitions of GENU NERVI FACIALIS

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A bend in the root of the facial nerve as it turns around the abducens nucleus and passes cephalad and laterad to the caudal margin of the pons.
The curvature of the facial nerve at the genu aqueductus Fallopii.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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