Facial nerve
- Type
- Nerve
- Japanese
- 顔面神経
- Reading
- がんめんしんけい
- English
- Facial nerve
- Latin
- Nervus facialis
Connections
Supplies
- Anterior auricular muscle
- Buccinator
- Corrugator supercilii
- Depressor anguli oris
- Depressor labii inferioris
- Depressor septi nasi
- Depressor supercilii
- Digastric
- Lacrimal part of orbicularis oculi
- Levator anguli oris
- Levator labii superioris
- Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi
- Mentalis
- Nasalis
- Occipitofrontalis
- Orbicularis oculi
- Orbicularis oris
- Platysma
- Procerus
- Risorius
- Stylohyoid
- Superior auricular muscle
- Temporoparietalis
- Zygomaticus major / minor
Branches
Articles
A dedicated article on this structure is in preparation.
Also mentioned in
- Superior auricular muscle and posterior auricular muscle: location, action and nerve supply
- Buccinator and corrugator supercilii: location, function and names
- Depressor septi nasi and nasalis: three muscles that move the nose
- Mentalis and genioglossus muscles: origin, insertion, action and nerve supply
- Orbicularis oculi: orbital, palpebral and lacrimal parts explained
- Platysma: position, attachments and facial nerve supply
- Risorius: origin, insertion, function and nerve of the muscle that pulls the mouth corner sideways
- Lacrimal Part of the Orbicularis Oculi: Location and Function
- Temporoparietalis: location, role and nerve supply explained
- Deep and superficial masseter: origin, insertion and fiber direction
- Stylohyoid muscle: location, action, nerve and study tips
- Levator palpebrae superioris: origin, insertion and nerve
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