- facial palsy
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Medical dictionary. 2011.
facial palsy
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Central facial palsy — Central facial palsy, (also called colloquially central seven) is a symptom or finding characterized by paralysis or paresis of the lower half of one side of the face. It usually results from damage to upper motor neurons of the facial nerve.The… … Wikipedia
Facial nerve paralysis — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|351 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = plastic eMedicineTopic = 522 MeshID = D005158Facial nerve paralysis is a common problem that involves the paralysis of any… … Wikipedia
Facial expression — Photographs from the 1862 book Mécanisme de la Physionomie Humaine by Guillaume Duchenne. Through electric stimulation, Duchenne determined which muscles were responsible for different facial expressions. Charles Darwin would later republish some … Wikipedia
Palsy — Pal sy, n.; pl. {Palsies}. [OE. palesie, parlesy, OF. paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See {Paralysis}.] (Med.) Paralysis, complete or partial. See {Paralysis}. One sick of the palsy. Mark ii. 3. [1913 Webster] {Bell s palsy}, paralysis of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Facial nerve — Nerve: Facial nerve Cranial nerve VII The nerves of the scalp, face, and side of neck … Wikipedia
Palsy — Paralysis, generally partial, whereby a local body area is incapable of voluntary movement (motor function). For example, Bell’s palsy is localized paralysis of the muscles on one side of the face. The word “palsy” is a corruption (and… … Medical dictionary
Facial motor nucleus — Brain: Facial motor nucleus Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. ( Nucleus of Facial N. labeled at upper left.) … Wikipedia
Facial nerve paralysis — Loss of voluntary movement of the muscles on one side of the face due to abnormal function of the facial nerve (also known as the 7th cranial nerve) which supplies those muscles. Facial nerve paralysis is also called Bell’s palsy. The cause of… … Medical dictionary
Palsy, Bell's — Paralysis of the facial nerve, the nerve that supplies the facial muscles on one side of the face. The cause of paralysis of the facial nerve (the 7th cranial nerve) is often not known, but is thought to be due to a virus. The disease typically… … Medical dictionary
facial paralysis — paralysis of the facial nerve, causing weakness and loss of function of the muscles it serves. It occurs in Bell s palsy. * * * weakening or paralysis of the facial nerve, as in Bell palsy or Millard Gubler syndrome … Medical dictionary
