Face Flashcards
Learn the face
Facial muscles develop in
Mesoderm in the 2nd pharyngeal arches
Smiling Muscle
Zygomaticus
Grinning Muscle
Risorius
Blowing/Sucking; Trumpeters muscle
Buccinator
Chins Muscle
Mentalis
Kissing Muscle
Orbicularis Oris
Blood Supply of the face comes from the
External carotid artery
Branches of external carotid artery
- Superior thyroid 2. ascedning pharyngeal 3. lingual 4. facial 5. occipital 6. posterior auricular 7. superficial temporal 8. maxillary
Vebous drainage of the face
Facial vein
Dangerous Area of the face
Root of the nose two angles of the mouth
Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis
Due to the connection of facial vein to superior opthalmic vein. affects CN 3, 4, 6; ophthalmic and maxillary division of CN 5; internal carotid artery
Superio Sagittal Sinus
Upper Falx cerebri
Inferior Sagittal Sinus
Lower Falx cerebri
Straight sinus
Junction of falx cerebri with tentorium cerebelli
what forms straight sinus
inferior sagittal and great cerebral vein