geniculum

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noun In botany, a node or joint of a stem.
noun In anatomy, a sharp bend in any small organ, such as that in the facial nerve where it passes through the temporal bone.

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The sensory root arises from the genicular ganglion, which is situated on the geniculum of the facial nerve in the facial canal, behind the hiatus of the canal.

IX. Neurology. 5g. The Facial Nerve 1918
The point where it changes its direction is named the geniculum; it presents a reddish gangliform swelling, the genicular ganglion (ganglion geniculi; geniculate ganglion; nucleus of the sensory root of the nerve) (Fig. 789).

IX. Neurology. 5g. The Facial Nerve 1918
[1540] Literally, knee -- Latin geniculum.cf. Xen.,

NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895
Where is the first diverging point of the stems and roots in plants, that is to say, the first geniculum?

Louis Agassiz His Life and Correspondence Agassiz, Louis 1885
Where is the first diverging point of the stems and roots in plants, that is to say, the first geniculum?

Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence Louis Agassiz 1840