Week 1 - Wet room 3 - The Face

Question 1

where do the muscles of facial expression lie in the face?

Answer 1

within the superficial fascia

Question 2

what are the key muscles of facial expression?

Answer 2

orbicularis oculi (Obital part & palpebral part)
orbicularis oris
Occipitofrontalis (anterior and posterior belly)
buccinator
platysma

Question 3

what nerve supplies the face and where does it emerge from?

Answer 3

facial nerve - Cr. N VII

emerges from the stylomastoid foramen

Question 4

what would happen if there was damage to the facial nerve on one side of the face?

Answer 4

would cause facial palsy

eyelids, mouth and cheeks would droop

Question 5

what are the 3 salivary glands and what is the largest one?

Answer 5

sublingual
submandibular
parotid - is the largest

Question 6

what nerve branches can you see which emerges from the parotid gland?

Answer 6

cervical 
marginal mandibular 
buccal
zygomatic 
temporal

Question 7

what is the course of the parotid duct?

Answer 7

runs superficial to the master muscle then pierces through the buccinator muscle to open into the oral cavity opposite the 2 maxillary molar tooth

Question 8

what artery, vein and nerve passes into the parotid gland?

Answer 8

facial nerve - Cr. N. VII
external carotid artery
retromandibular vein

Question 9

where does the sympathetic innervation of the parotid gland originate from?

Answer 9

parotid plexus of the facial nerve (Cr.N VII)

Question 10

what is the parasympathetic innervation of the parotid gland?

Answer 10

glossopharyngeal nerve Cr.N. IX

Question 11

does the facial artery enter the parotid gland?

Answer 11

no t only groves over it before it enters the face

Question 12

what nerve innervates the occipitofrontalis muscle?

Answer 12

facial nerve CN VII

Question 13

what nerve innervates the muscles of facial expression?

Answer 13

facial nerve CN VII