seventh cranial nerve

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A month earlier, after giving birth to twins, I’d been diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, a paralysis of the seventh cranial nerve.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2021

The seventh cranial nerve was able to heal, but only in part.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 5, 2015

She told me that it was a common, temporary paralysis brought on by the inflammation of the seventh cranial nerve, which activates the facial muscles.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 5, 2015

It and the seventh cranial nerve pass through a pair of tiny canals, one on each side of the skull.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 5, 2015