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fifth cranial nerve

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Noun1.fifth cranial nerve - the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of masticationfifth cranial nerve - the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication
cranial nerve - any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem


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Infection of the ganglia of the posterior roots of the spinal nerves or the fifth cranial nerve by the varcella-zoster virus (shingles), which also causes chicken pox; it is marked by a painful eruption of vesicles usually on one side of the body along the course of one or more cutaneous nerves.
Trigeminal--Pertaining to the trigeminus or fifth cranial nerve.
On physical examination, sensation was significantly impaired in all three divisions of the fifth cranial nerve on the right side.
 
 
 
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