title: Acupuncture points of the cranial nerves.
abstract: An attempt is made to name most of the acupuncture points in the face and forehead region using anatomic nomenclature known to western medicine. All acupuncture points in the face and forehead region are located along terminal or cutaneous branches of the trigeminal nerve and the motor points formed between muscular branches of the facial nerve to the muscles of facial expression. It is believed such nomenclatures will be comprehensible to basic medical scientists and clinical practitioners who have knowledge of anatomical sciences.
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology