Lecture 12 (superfacial Face And Muscles Of Fasial Experssion) Flashcards
1
Q
What are the branches of the facial nerve
A
2
Q
Why is buccal fat pad much larger in infants?
A
To reinforce checks and inhibit check collapse during feeding
3
Q
What is the action of platysma?
A
Tense skin of inferior face and depress mandible
4
Q
What are the muscles of facial expressions
A
Platysma
Orbicularis oris
Orbicularis oculi
Buccinator
5
Q
What muscles are responsible of wrinkling skin over the nose
A
Lavetor labii superiors
Alaeque nasi
6
Q
Blood supply to the face
A
- majority from external carotid artery
- internal carotid artery
You can feel pulse at the inferior border of the mandible or just anterior to the auricle
7
Q
Danger triangle of the face, why?
A
No valves in the external facial veins
Infection can spread as intracranial infection
8
Q
What are the layers of the eyelid?
A
• Skin
• Connective Tissue
• Conjunctiva
• Muscle (orbicularis oculi)
• Tarsus
• Orbital septum
