Face Flashcards
rare and excruciating disorder characterized by episodes of intense pain in the face, originating from the associated nerve and has been described as among the most painful conditions known to humankind
Trigeminal neuralgia
Other name for Cranial nerve V
Trigeminal nerve
Other name for trigeminal nerve
CN V
3 Major branches of trigeminal nerve
Ophthalmic (V1)
Maxillary (V2)
Mandibular (V3)
Branch of the trigeminal nerve:
Sensory nerve that supplies the upper face
Ophthalmic nerve (V1)
Branches of the opthalmic nerve (4)
Lacrimal
Supraorbital
Supratrochlear
Infratrochlear
Branch of the Ophthalmic nerve:
Supplies skin over nose
Infratrochlear nerve
Branch of the trigeminal nerve:
Sensory nerve which supplies tissues associated with the middle face
Maxillary nerve (V2)
Major branch of the maxillary nerve
Infraorbital nerve
Branch of the maxillary nerve that supplies sensation to upper lip, lower lid, and nose
Infraorbital nerve
Branch of the trigeminal nerve:
Sensory nerve to the lower face
Mandibular nerve (V3)
Branches of the mandibular nerve that supply the face (2)
Buccal and Mental nerves
Branch of the Mandibular nerve that supplies sensation to skin over cheek over buccinator muscle
Buccal nerve
Branch of the Mandibular nerve that exits the mandible through the foramen to supply the chin and lower lip
Mental nerve
Motor nerve to the muscles of facial expression
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Other name for the Facial nerve
CN VII
Other name for CN VII
Facial nerve
The facial nerve arises from this foramen
Stylomastoid foramen
5 branches of the facial nerve that are purely motor
Temporal
Zygomatic
Buccal
Marginal mandibular
Cervical
Branch of the facial nerve that has mixed motor and sensory
Posterior auricular
Condition that is a form of unilateral facial paresis from possible viral inflammation of the nerve
Bell’s Palsy
Bell’s Palsy involves this nerve
Facial nerve
Facial paralysis can be caused by tumor, stroke, or transection of this nerve at the base of the skull
Facial nerve
Main artery of the face that is a branch of the external carotid system
Facial artery