How to Use facial nerve in a Sentence

facial nerve

noun

• Even so, the cancer cells in her facial nerve had to have come from someplace.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 29 Sep. 2022
• Once the blood vessels are joined, Katie’s facial nerve trunks are connected to the donor face, one on each side.
  — National Geographic, 8 May 2014
• Bell’s palsy is a paralysis of the facial nerve on one side.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2021
• The next step will be to make a high tech analogue that doesn’t involve using a seal’s whiskers, facial nerve endings, and brain.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 Aug. 2018
• Ramsay Hunt Syndrome is a rare form of shingles that affects the facial nerves.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 26 Oct. 2017
• Ramsay Hunt affects facial nerves and can even cause hearing loss.
  — CBS News, 1 Mar. 2023
• The Mayo Clinic explains that the disease occurs when a shingles outbreak affects the facial nerve near one's ear.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
• It is believed that Ramsay Hunt occurs when the virus infects the facial nerve near the inner ear, leading to swelling of the nerve and irritation.
  — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 13 June 2022
• The first of her operations, for a tumor in her neck, damaged a facial nerve that changed her smile forever.
  — Lindsay Crouse, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2019
• The first of her operations, for a tumor in her neck, damaged a facial nerve that permanently changed her smile.
  — Lindsay Crouse, New York Times, 12 June 2019
• To reach those two disparate sites, varicella-zoster virus must have traveled specific branches of the facial nerve.
  — Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2012
• According to the Mayo Clinic, Ramsay Hunt syndrome occurs when a shingles outbreak affects the facial nerve near one of your ears.
  — Ebony Williams, ajc, 11 June 2022
• The reactivation of the zoster virus in the nerves of the face causes paralysis because of the facial nerve that travels from the brain stem behind the ear and into the face to give facial muscles the energy for movement.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 June 2022
• There are two cranial nerves responsible for taste perception in different areas of the tongue: the glossopharyngeal nerve in the back and the chorda tympani branch of the facial nerve in the front.
  — Steven D Munger, Smithsonian, 23 May 2017
• The four officers had been zealous in their work, using their batons to break Rodney King's cheekbone and ankle and 11 bones at the base of his skull, damaging his facial nerves and knocking the fillings out of his teeth.
  — Joe Domanick, Esquire, 5 Aug. 2015
• Risk of facial nerve damage: Although uncommon, cochlear implant surgery comes with the risk of facial nerve damage, which could lead to the paralysis of certain facial muscles.
  — Jeremy Hillpot, Discover Magazine, 4 May 2021
• For the middle ear muscle reflex, the afferent limb is the auditory nerve; the efferent limb is the facial nerve for the stapedius muscle and the trigeminal nerve for the tensor tympani muscle.
  — Christopher Linstrom, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2011
• That condition may require selective neurolysis, a surgery that attempts to improve the wiring and nerve connections in the facial nerve.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2022
• Last month, Justin was diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a condition that occurs when a varicella-zoster virus infects a facial nerve.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 July 2022
• Secondly, the surgeon needs to understand how the buccal fat pad is associated with the facial nerve and must be meticulous to avoid causing damage.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 9 Feb. 2022
• Bell’s palsy, also known as peripheral facial nerve palsy, can occur at any age, according to the Mayo Clinic.
  — Jessica Flores, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2020
• Delicate structures in the skull, like facial nerves, taste nerves, inner ear and balance organs can't be affected, while bone filings and blood can blurry a microscope during surgery.
  — Laura Yan, Popular Mechanics, 28 Apr. 2018
• Earlier this month, Justin told fans he had been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a condition that occurs when a varicella-zoster virus infects a facial nerve.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2022
• Bieber also confirmed in that video that the syndrome — which, according to Mayo Clinic, occurs when a case of the shingles impacts the facial nerve near the ear — was the reason behind his postponing his Justice World tour earlier this month.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 14 June 2022
• Surgeons will ensure this careful incision is in an area that won't impact salivary glands or facial nerves, remove the fat manually, and then close up the incision to allow for healing.
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 11 Apr. 2023
• It can be caused by birth trauma, like when medical professionals use forceps during the delivery and mistakenly crush a facial nerve.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2022
• Alexievich has trigeminal neuralgia, a chronic, painful condition that affects a facial nerve.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2020
• Within weeks, the disease changed, with about 15 percent of patients developing a neurologic illness, such as meningitis, paralysis of facial nerves, or severe pain radiating from the spine to the arms, torso, or legs.
  — Allen Steere, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• While not as serious as ingestion, lithium batteries stuck in an ear or nose can cause significant injuries, such as perforation of the nasal septum or the eardrum, hearing loss, or facial nerve paralysis, according to the report.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022
• This meningitis symptom stems from irritation of the meninges located at the base of the skull, spreading into the trigeminal, or facial nerve, and triggering discomfort, according to a 2012 report published in the Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology.
  — Sarah Lemire, Health.com, 19 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024