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geniculum
1. [TA] A small genu or angular kneelike structure. 2. A knotlike structure. [L. dim. of genu, knee]
- g. canalis facialis [TA] SYN: g. of facial canal.
- g. of facial canal [TA] the bend in the facial canal linking the medial and lateral crura of the horizontal port of the canal and corresponding to the location of the geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve. SYN: g. canalis facialis [TA], genu of facial canal.
- g. of facial nerve [TA] 1. a sharp bend in the facial nerve in the facial canal where it turns posteriorly from its previously anterior course to run in the medial wall of the middle ear (external g.); 2. complex loop of facial nerve fibers around the abducens nucleus (internal g.). SYN: g. nervus facialis [TA].
- g. nervus facialis [TA] SYN: g. of facial nerve.

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ge·nic·u·lum jə-'nik-yə-ləm n, pl -la -lə a small knee-shaped anatomical structure or abrupt bend

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n.
a sharp bend in an anatomical structure, such as the bend in the facial nerve in the medial wall of the middle ear.

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ge·nic·u·lum (jə-nikґu-ləm) pl. genicґula [L., dim. of genu] [TA] a general term designating a sharp, kneelike bend in a small structure or organ, such as a nerve.

Medical dictionary. 2011.