Face (Superficial) and Infratemporal Fossa Flashcards
The muscles of facial expression are innervated by what cranial nerve?
CNVII (7)
What are the 4 muscles of mastication? What nerve are they innervated by?
Innervated by TRIGEMINAL: V3
- Masseter
- Temporalis
- Lateral Pterygoid
- Medial Pterygoid
What are the names of the three sensory/cutaneous divisions of the Fifth Cranial Nerves? What are the important nerve branches of each?
CN V1 - Opthalmic
- Supratrochlear
- Supraorbital
- Infratrochlear
CN V2 - Maxillary
- Infraorbital
- Zygomaticofacial
CNV3 - Mandibular
- Mental
- Auriculotemporal
Where do the Opthalmic, Maxillary, and Mandibular (CNV) nerves originate from?
The trigeminal Ganglion which sits on the Petrous area of the Temporalis
What is the pterion? What is its clinical significance?
Pterion is the area of the skull where the temporal, sphenoid, frontal, and parietal bones meet
The MIDDLE MENINGEAL Artery (branch of Maxillary) is found underneath this thin area of the skull & trauma to this region can cause an epidurl hematoma
- found by Auriculotemporal nerve
What are the two bones of the edge of the mandible that attach to the temporal bone?
- Coronoid Process (more proximal to front)
2. Condylar Process
What is the HOLE between styloid process and mastoid process called? What runs through this?
Stylomastoid foramen
Facial Nerves
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What is the muscle around the eye called? Around the mouth? What are their functions?
All innervated by CN VII*
- Obicularis Oculi - close eye, wet cornea
- Orbicularis Orus - Narrows orifice of mouth, purses/puckers lip edges
What muscle aids in blowing/whistling/ chewing food? What is it pierced by?
Nerve: Buccal branch of facial nerve (VII)
Buccinator Muscle
- pierced by Parotid Duct (later drains in mouth cavity by the superior 2nd molar)
What muscle allows one to frown/make expressions?
Nerve: Posterior auricular and temporal branches of facial (VII)
Occipito-Frontalis Muscle
What are the branches of the Buccal Motor and Buccal Sensory nerves?
Buccal (M) = Facial Nerve –> VII
Buccal (S) = Trigeminal –> Mandibular V3
What are the three muscles that help close the jaw? The muscle to open?
Close:
- Temporalis
- Masseter
- Medial head of Pterygoid
Open: LATERAL head of Pterygoid
Once the Mandibular nerve exits through the mental foramen it is called the:
Mental Nerve
What are the three foramen and the nerve that courses through? Are they sensory or motor?
ALL SENSORY** 1 = Ophthalmic n. (C.N. V1) *supraorbital, supratrochlear 2 = Maxillary n. (C.N. V2) *infraorbital foramen 3 = Mandibular n. (C.N. V3) *mental foramen
What are the 5 branches of the facial nerve once it exits the stylomastoid foramen?
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- Temporal
- Zygomatic
- Buccal
- Mandibular
- Cervical
What are the six regional lymph nodes of the head?
1 = Occipital nodes - back of scalp
2 = Mastoid (retroauricular)
nodes – behind ear, external auditory meatus
3 = Parotid (preauricular nodes) – back of mandible - front of scalp, lateral eyelids
4 = Superficial cervical nodes - eyelids, cheek, nose
5 = Submandibular nodes - chin, lips, nose, cheeks, gums, tongue
6 = Submental nodes- chin, lips, cheek, tongue, gums