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Webster 1913 Edition

Facial

Fa′cial

,
Adj.
[LL.
facialis
, fr. L.
facies
face : cf. F.
facial
.]
Of or pertaining to the face;
as, the
facial
artery, vein, or nerve
.
–
Fa′cial-ly
,
adv.
Facial angle
(Anat.)
,
the angle, in a skull, included between a straight line (ab, in the illustrations), from the most prominent part of the forehead to the front efge of the upper jaw bone, and another (cd) from this point to the center of the external auditory opening. See
Gnathic index
, under
Gnathic
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Facial

FA'CIAL

,
Adj.
[L. facies, face.] Pertaining to the face; as the facial artery, vein or nerve.
Facial angle, in anatomy, is the angle contained by a line drawn horizontally from the middle of the external entrance of the ear to the edge of the nostrils, and another from this latter point to the superciliary ridge of the frontal bone; serving to measure the elevation of the forehead.

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