The cervical branch of the facial nerve is a nerve in the neck. It is a branch of the facial nerve (VII). It supplies the platysma muscle, among other functions.
Cervical branch of the facial nerve | |
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Details | |
From | Facial nerve |
Innervates | Platysma muscle |
Identifiers | |
Latin | ramus colli nervi facialis |
TA98 | A14.2.01.114 |
TA2 | 6306 |
FMA | 53396 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
Structure edit
The cervical branch of the facial nerve is a branch of the facial nerve (VII). It runs forward beneath the platysma muscle, and forms a series of arches across the side of the neck over the suprahyoid region. One branch descends to join the cervical cutaneous nerve from the cervical plexus.
Function edit
The lateral part of the cervical branch of the facial nerve supplies the platysma muscle.[1][2]
Additional images edit
- Lateral head anatomy detail
- Lateral head anatomy detail. Dissection the newborn
- Lateral head anatomy detail. Facial nerve dissection.
References edit
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 905 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ^ Snell, Richard S. (2007). Clinical anatomy by systems. Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 978-0-7817-9164-9.
- ^ Cuzalina, Angelo; Smith, C. Blake (2017). "81 - Management of the Aging Neck". Maxillofacial surgery. Peter A. Brennan, Henning Schliephake, G. E. Ghali, Luke Cascarini (3rd ed.). St. Louis, Missouri: Churchill Livingstone. pp. 1223–1245. doi:10.1016/B978-0-7020-6056-4.00081-2. ISBN 978-0-7020-6059-5. OCLC 968339962.
External links edit
- Anatomy photo:23:06-0102 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Branches of Facial Nerve (CN VII)"
- lesson4 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (parotid3)
- cranialnerves at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (VII)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080921093026/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-5.HTM
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