Scalp And Superficial Face Flashcards
What CN closes the eye?
Facial N.
Facial N.
Facial N.
What will the parotid duct dive into?
Buccinator M.
What nerve and vasculature goes thru parotid gland?
Retromandibular v.
External carotid a.
Facial n.
What innervates the parotid gland?
CN 9 via lesser petrosal n.
Traveling on auriculotemporal n. (V3)
Synapsing in otic ganglion
How does the facial nerve exit the skull and then the face?
Internal acoustic meatus
Stylomastoid foramen
What does the facial n. Provide motor innervation to?
Muscles of facial expression
Temporal, zygomatic, buccal, mandibular, cervical branches
What does the sensory roots of facial n. Do?
Taste to ant. 2/3 of tongue via Chorda tympani
Lacrimal, nasal, submandibular, and sublingual glands
What is the pathway of the facial n. ?
Thru internal meatus
To geniculate ganglion
From here greater petrosal goes to lacrimal gland
To facial canal
Stapedius branch goes off
Chorda tympani branch goes off
Then out of stylomastoid foramen
Facial n. To muscles of facial expression, Platysma, post. Belly of digastric, etc.
What are the branches of V1?
Supraorbital Supratrochlear Lacrimal n. Infratrochlear n. Anterior ethmoidal n.
What are the branches of V2?
Infraorbital n.
Zygomaticofacial
Zygomaticotemporal
What are the branches of the V3?
Inferior alveolar n. —> mental n.
Buccal
Auriculotemporal
What are the major muscles of facial expression?
Occipitofrontalis M. Orbicularis oculi Orbicularis iris Buccinator Depressor annuli iris Levator labii superioris
What are the actions of occipitofrontalis?
Wrinkles forehead
Innervated bilaterally by facial n.
Action of:
Orbital part of orbicularis oculi?
Help tightly close eye
Action of:
Palpabrae part of orbicularis oculi?
Help gently close eye
Action of:
Lacrimal part of orbicularis oculi?
Open lacrimal sac for tears
Action of:
Orbicularis oris
Sphincter that keeps mouth shut