Cervical branch of the facial nerve

Cervical branch of the facial nerve
Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. (Labeled at center bottom, as "Cervical".)
The nerves of the scalp, face, and side of neck. (Cervical labeled at center, in dark region under jaw.)
Details
From	Facial nerve
Identifiers
Latin	Ramus colli nervi facialis
TA	A14.2.01.114
FMA	53396
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The cervical branch of the facial nerve runs forward beneath the platysma, and forms a series of arches across the side of the neck over the suprahyoid region. This nerve innervates the posterior belly of the Digastric muscle and the Stylohyoid muscle.

One branch descends to join the cervical cutaneous nerve from the cervical plexus. Also supplies the platysma muscle.^[1]

Additional images

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  Lateral head anatomy detail
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  Lateral head anatomy detail.Dissection the newborn
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  Lateral head anatomy detail.Facial nerve dissection.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 905 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• 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)
• http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-5.HTM