Marginal mandibular branch of facial nerve
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| Nerve: Marginal mandibular branch of facial nerve | |
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| Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. (Labeled at center bottom, second from bottom, as "Mandibular".) | |
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| The nerves of the scalp, face, and side of neck. | |
| Latin | ramus marginalis mandibularis nervi facialis |
| Gray's | subject #202 905 |
| From | facial nerve |
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The marginal mandibular branch of facial nerve passes forward beneath the Platysma and Triangularis, supplying the muscles of the lower lip and chin, and communicating with the mental branch of the inferior alveolar nerve.
[edit] Clinical significance
The marginal mandibular nerve may be injured during surgery in the neck region, especially during excision of the submandibular salivary gland or during neck dissections.
[edit] External links
- SUNY Labs 23:06-0103 - "Branches of Facial Nerve (CN VII)"
- Norman/Georgetown lesson4 (parotid3)
- Norman/Georgetown cranialnerves (VII)
- http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-5.HTM
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