Apr 10, 2002 20:17
22 yrs ago
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German term
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Mar 17, 2015 15:58: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Medical (general)"

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Maya Jurt Apr 10, 2002:
Could you check your spelling please!

Proposed translations

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weakness/weakening of the buccal branch of the facial nerve (n. facialis)

weakness/weakening of the buccal branch of the facial nerve
(Lockhart, Hamilton, Fyfe: Anatomy of the Human Body, Lipincott, 1960. )

[More context, e.g. the full sentence, is nearly always a good idea and much appreciated].

HTH Tom
Reference:

see above

Peer comment(s):

agree S. GARMSEN : I prefer "weakness". Everything else sounds great.
9 mins
agree Maya Jurt : agree twice, took me a while to figure it out.
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agree Johanna Timm, PhD
53 mins
agree Dietrich Herrmann, MD, PhD, MBA : In medspeak it's called partial paralysis but you got the anatomy right.
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facial weakness at the corner of the mouth

there may be a technical term, but that's what it means
Peer comment(s):

agree Alev Ellington
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weakness of the buccal branch of the facial nerve

Orbicularis oris

Origin:
alveolar border of maxilla
lateral to midline of mandible
Insertion:
circumferentially around mouth
blends with other muscles
Action:
closes the lips
protrudes the lips
Blood: facial artery
Nerve: buccal branch of facial nerve

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facial nerve partial weakness

as good as it gets at this late hour:

http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/topics/bells.cfm

http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/oto/studs/face.html

http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/nanatomy/vii.htm

http://perso.libertysurf.fr/baillement/hemiplegic1.html

Look at these and you will find that they don't mention an explicit term for "Mundwinkel" which is what I think we are looking for here. Maybe you have to add a sentence to explain the loaction.
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partial paralysis of the facial nerve

see reference and picture attached
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