Buccal branch of the facial nerve
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Latin = rami buccales nervi facialis |
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The '''Buccal Branches of the [[facial nerve]]''' (infraorbital branches), of larger size than the rest of the branches, pass horizontally forward to be distributed below the [[orbit]] and around the [[mouth]].
==Branches==
The ''superficial branches'' run beneath the [[skin]] and above the superficial muscles of the face, which they supply: some are distributed to the [[Procerus]], joining at the medial angle of the orbit with the [[infratrochlear]] and [[nasociliary]] branches of the [[ophthalmic]].
The ''deep branches'' pass beneath the [[Zygomaticus]] and the [[Quadratus labii superioris]], supplying them and forming an infraorbital plexus with the infraorbital branch of the [[maxillary nerve]]. These branches also supply the small muscles of the [[nose]].
The ''lower deep branches'' supply the [[Buccinator]] and [[Orbicularis oris]], and join with filaments of the [[buccinator branch]] of the [[mandibular nerve]].
==See also==
* [[Buccal nerve]]
==External links==
* {{SUNYAnatomyLabs|23|06|01|04}} - "Branches of Facial Nerve (CN VII)"
* {{NormanAnatomy|lesson4}} ({{NormanAnatomyFig|parotid3}})
* {{NormanAnatomy|cranialnerves}} ({{NormanAnatomyFig|VII}})
* http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-5.HTM
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[[Category:Nervous system]]
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