Zygomatic branches of the facial nerve

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Nerve: Zygomatic branches of the facial nerve

Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. (Labeled at center bottom, fifth from bottom, as "Malar".)

The nerves of the scalp, face, and side of neck. (Zygomatic labeled at center, near cheek.)
Latin	rami zygomatici nervi facialis
Gray's	subject #202 905
From	facial nerve
Dorlands / Elsevier	r_02/12692551

The Zygomatic branches of the facial nerve (malar branches) run across the zygomatic bone to the lateral angle of the orbit, where they supply the Orbicularis oculi, and join with filaments from the lacrimal nerve and the zygomaticofacial branch of the maxillary nerve.

[edit] See also

Zygomatic nerve

[edit] External links

SUNY Labs 23:06-0105 - "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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Nerves of head and neck: the cranial nerves and nuclei

olfactory (AON->I)

olfactory bulb - olfactory tract

optic (LGN->II)

optic chiasm - optic tract

oculomotor (ON,EWN->III)

superior branch (parasympathetic root of ciliary ganglion/ciliary ganglion) - inferior branch

trochlear (TN->IV)

no significant branches

trigeminal (PSN,TSN,MN,TMN->V)

trigeminal ganglion • ophthalmic • maxillary • mandibular

abducens (AN->VI)

no significant branches

facial (FMN,SN,SSN->VII)

near origin	nervus intermedius • geniculate

inside facial canal	greater petrosal (pterygopalatine ganglion) - nerve to the stapedius - chorda tympani (lingual nerve, submandibular ganglion)

at stylomastoid foramen	posterior auricular - suprahyoid (digastric, stylohyoid) - parotid plexus (temporal, zygomatic, buccal, mandibular, cervical)

vestibulocochlear (VN,CN->VIII)

cochlear (striae medullares, lateral lemniscus) • vestibular (Scarpa's ganglion)

glossopharyngeal (NA,ISN,SN->IX)

before jugular fossa	ganglia (superior, inferior)

after jugular fossa	tympanic (tympanic plexus, lesser petrosal, otic ganglion) • stylopharyngeal branch • pharyngeal branches • tonsillar branches • lingual branches • carotid sinus

vagus (NA,DNVN,SN->X)

before jugular fossa	ganglia (superior, inferior)

after jugular fossa	meningeal branch - auricular branch

neck	pharyngeal branch (pharyngeal plexus) - superior laryngeal (external, internal) - recurrent laryngeal (inferior) - superior cervical cardiac

thorax	inferior cardiac - pulmonary - vagal trunks (anterior, posterior)

abdomen	celiac - renal - hepatic - anterior gastric - posterior gastric