Anatomy— Distribution of the facial nerve

(CN VII)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution of the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII)

 

A. Posterior auricular branch to occipital belly of occipitofrontalis and auricular muscles

B. Branch to posterior belly digastric and stylohyoid muscle

C. Temporal branch

D. Zygomatic branch

E. Stylomastoid foramen

F. Buccal branch (buccinator)

G. Marginal mandibular branch

H. Cervical branch (Platysma)

Distribution of the Trigeminal Nerve

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