FACIAL

adj. Fa'si2-a2l. Lat., facial is. Fr., Ger., /. It., faciale. Sp., /. Pertaining to the face. fC.] Corticale F'- balm (Ger.). A tract of nerve-fibres figured by Monakow in a cro -section of the brain carried through the centre of the internal capsule. They are situated on the inner side of the reticular substance. [" Arch. f. Psych, u. Nervenkr.," xii, 1882, p. 535 (J).] F'- centrum (Ger.), F'kern (Ger.). The centre of origin of the facial nerve. [I, 17 (K).] F'gebiet (Ger.). The area of distribution of the facial nerve. [Berger (A, 319).] F'knie (Ger.). See GENU nervi facial is. F'krampf (Ger.). See Convulsive TIC. F'lalimuiig. See Facial PARALYSIS. F'parese (Ger.). Paresis of the facial nerve. [D, 18.] F'phiinomen (Ger.). The manifestation of exce ive excitability of the facial nerve on the application of a stimulus; observed in tetany. [Berger (A, 319).] F's tain in (Ger.). The trunk of the facial nerve. [I.] F'wurzeln (.Ger.). The roots of the facial nerve. [I, 6 (K).] [s. 797]