Nerves · Nervous System · Medium
Infraorbital
Meaning: Describing the branch of the maxillary nerve emerging below the eye socket to supply the cheek, upper lip and side of the nose.
In practice: Cheek numbness after a facial fracture suggested infraorbital nerve injury.
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Which word means: A peripheral nerve disorder in which the axons themselves degenerate, typically starting at the longest fibres.
Answer: Axonopathy
Which word means: Surgical suturing together of the cut ends of a divided nerve.
Answer: Neurorrhaphy
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