Anatomy Flashcards
Where do facial wrinkles typically form?
- In areas of muscle contraction perpendicular to long axis of muscle.
- Example is frontalis muscle when eyebrows raise - horizontal lines and vertical contraction.
Glabellar Muscle Group
- Procerus
-Corrugator supercilii
- Depressor supervilii: (Controversial Muscle. Many anatomic authorities consider it to be part of orbicularis oculi muscle.)
Procerus location
midline of the nasal bone and nasal cartilage
Procerus insertion
The skin of the lower to mid forehead between the eyebrows, merging with the fibers of the frontalis muscle
Procerus action
- Helps draw down the skin between the eyebrows and assists in flaring nostrils.
- Contributes to expression of anger or intensity
Depressor supervilii location
Laterals of the nasal bridge
Depressor supervilii insertion
Flares out across the intercantal region, frontalis muscle, and under the skin about level with eyebrows
Depressor supervilii action
- Draws down the eyebrows along with the procerus
- The horizontal wrinkle at the bridge of the nose
Corrugator supercilii location
Medial superciliary arch
Corrugator supercilii insertion
Forehead skin near the eyebrows
Corrugator supercilii action
Pulls the eyebrows downward and toward the midline of the nose
Eyelid Ptosis Mechanism
- Occurs from diffusion through orbital septum
- Weakening upper eyelid elevators (levator palpebrae superioris)
Eyelid Ptosis Prevention
Lateral corrugator injections medial to mid-pupillary line and 1-2 mm deep
Eyelid Ptosis TX
Alpha-adrenergic eye drops: apraclonidine 0.5% 1-2 TID
Eyebrow Ptosis Mechanism
Occurs from overly weakening frontalis muscle.
Eyebrow Ptosis Prevention
- Dosing conservatively.
- Frontalis is only brow elevator.
Eyebrow Ptosis Management
- Review images.
- Document asymmetries
Spok Brow Mechanism
Occurs from not injecting frontalis laterally enough
Spok Brow TX
Inject medial and lateral frontalis fibers.
Upper eyelid raiser muscles
- Levator palpebrae superioris
- Superior tarsal muscles
Oribicularis oculi origin
- Frontal
- Lacrimal
- Maxilla bone
- Medial palpebral ligament
Oribicularis oculi insertion
Lateral palpebral raphe
Oribicularis oculi action
Closes eyes & cheek raiser
Supraorbital and supratrochlear artery
- Arises from the superior border of the bony orbit and courses superficially to supply blood to the forehead and scalp musculature and the overlying skin.
- Superaorbital foramen is within 1 mm of medial iris and 1-1.5 cm medial to superior temporal line.
Superficial temporal artery
- A branch of the external carotid that supplies the lateral portion of the face of the faces and gives rise to the transverse facial artery.
- It runs subdermal at the anterioinferior to the tragus and continues anteriomedially deep to the facial muscles to anastomose with branches of the supraorbital and supratrochlear vessels.