Face And Cutaneous Innervation Flashcards
Where are muscles of facial expression located?
In the subcutaneous tissue of the anterior and posterior scalp, face and neck
Most facial expression muscles attach to:
How do they produce their effects?
Bone or fascia
By pulling the skin
Muscles of the face act as ____ and ____ that:
Sphincters and dilators
Close and open the orifices
OINA for frontal belly of occipitofrontalis
OR: Epicranial aponeurosis
INS: Skin and subcutaneous tissue of eyebrows and forehead
NS: Temporal branch of facial nerve
AC: Elevates eyebrows, wrinkles skin of forehead, protracts scalp
OINA for occipital belly of occipitofrontalis
OR: lateral 2/3 or superior nuchal line
INS: Epicranial aponeurosis
NS: post. Auricular branch of facial nerve
AC: retracts scap, increasing effectiveness of frontal belly
OINA for orbicularis oculi
OR: Medial orbital margin and lacrimal bone
INS:skin around margin of orbit
NS: zygomatic branch of facial nerve
AC: Closes eyelids: palpebral part does gently; orbital part tightly
OINA for Orbicularis oris
OR: Medial maxilla and mandible
INS: mucous membrane of lips
NS: Marginal mandibular branch of facial nerve
AC: closes mouth, compresses and protrudes lips
OINA for buccinator
OR: Alveolar process of maxilla and mandible, pterygomandinbular raphe
INS: Angle of mouth and orbicularis oris
NS: Buccaneers branch of facial nerve
AC: -Presses cheek against molar teeth
- Works with tongue to keep food between occlusal surfaces
- Active during sucking, whistling and blowing
OINA for platysma
OR: Subcutaneous tissue over the pect. Major and deltoid muscles
INS: Base of mandible; skin of cheek and lower lip; angle of mouth; orbicularis oris
NS: cervical branch of facial nerve
AC: -Depresses mandible (against resistance)
-Tenses skin of inf. Face and neck
Most arteries of the face are branches of the:
External carotid arteries
What is the major arterial supply to the face?
Facial artery
The facial artery arises from the:
It winds around the:
It enters to the face up to the:
External carotid artery
Inf. Border of the mandible, just anterior to the masseter
Medial angle of the eye
What are the branches of the facial artery and where do they pass
Superior labial artery (passes to upper lip)
Inf. Labial artery (passes to inf. Lip)
Lateral nasal artery (passes to side of the nose)
Angular artery (supplies medial angle of the eye)
The facial artery terminates as the:
Angular artery
The occipital artery arises from the:
External carotid artery
The occipital artery passes ____ along the:
It distributes to:
Posteriorly
Inf border of the digastric muscle
Scalp of back of the head, as far as vertex
The posterior auricular passes ____ along the:
It supplies:
Posteriorly
Superior border of the digastric muscle
Auricle and scalp post to auricle
The superficial temporal artery is a smaller ______ branch of:
Terminal
External carotid artery
The superficial temporal artery ascends ____ to ear to ____ region and ends in _____ by dividing into ____ and _____ branches
Anterior
Temporal
Scalp
Frontal and parietal branches
What does the superficial temporal supply?
Facial muscles and skin of frontal and temporal regions
The transverse facial artery arises from the ____ artery within the:
Superficial temporal
Parotid gland
The transverse facial art crosses the face superficial to the ______ and inferior to the:
Masseter
Zygomatic arch
The transverse facial art supplies:
Parotid gland and duct, masseter muscle and skin of face
The mental art is a terminal branch of what?
Inferior alveolar artery
The mental artery emerges from _____ foramen and passes to the:
Mental
Chin
What does the mental artery supply?
Facial muscles and skin of chin
The supraorbital art is a terminal branch of what?
Ophthalmic art— a branch of internal carotid artery
The supraorbital artery passes _____ from the ______ foramen
Superiorly
Supraorbital
What does the supraorbital artery supply?
Muscle and skin of forehead and scalp
The supratrochlear art is a terminal branch of:
Ophthalmic art— a branch of internal carotid artery
The supratrochlear art passes ____ from the _______ __.
It supplies:
Superiorly
Supratrochlear notch
Muscles and skin of the scalp
The facial vein begins:
It descends:
It terminates:
At the medial angle of the eye as the angular vein
Obliquely post. To facial artery up to the inf margin of mandible where it’s joined by ant branch of the retromandibular vein and form the common facial vein
Into the internal jugular vein
What are the tributaries of the facial vein?
Deep facial vein
Superior opthalmic vein
The veins of the face have no ___, and communicate with:
Valves
Cranial cavity