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61Cranial (anatomic orientation) — Toward the head, as opposed to caudad. The eye is cranial to the jaw. For a more complete listing of terms used in medicine for spatial orientation, please see the entry Anatomic Orientation Terms …
62Cranial nerve, seventh — The seventh cranial nerve is the facial nerve, a mixed nerve that has fibers both going out and coming in (both efferent and afferent fibers). It supplies the muscles of facial expression. Paralysis of the facial nerve causes a characteristic… …
63Cranial auscultation — Auscultation can be performed upon the skull to check for intracranial bruits. Such a bruit may be found in such conditions as cerebral angioma, tumour of the glomus jugulare, intracranial aneurysm, meningioma, occlusion of the internal carotid… …
64cranial neuralgia — neuralgia along the course of a cranial nerve. Cf. glossopharyngeal n., trigeminal n., and Ramsay Hunt syndrome (def. 1) …
65cranial neuropathy — neuropathy due to a lesion of one of the cranial nerves, such as in Bell palsy, optic neuritis, or trigeminal neuralgia …
66cranial polyneuritis — multiple mononeuropathy involving several cranial nerves, characterized by facial palsy or any of various ocular conditions; sometimes seen as part of sarcoid neuropathy …
67cranial\ rectitis — being so clueless as to have your head completely inserted in your rectum He/she has a case of cranial rectitis …
68cranial-rectal — I used this when my teenagers acted like they had their heads up their asses. Son: Dad, the car just ran out of gas...by itself. Dad. Sounds like a be a cranial rectal problem to me …
69cranial\ rectitis — being so clueless as to have your head completely inserted in your rectum He/she has a case of cranial rectitis …
70cranial-rectal — I used this when my teenagers acted like they had their heads up their asses. Son: Dad, the car just ran out of gas...by itself. Dad. Sounds like a be a cranial rectal problem to me …
