Buccal branch of the facial nerve 5336193 216212045 2008-05-31T16:43:38Z Engusz 4713417 /* External links */ iw {{Infobox Nerve | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = rami buccales nervi facialis | GraySubject = 202 | GrayPage = 905 | Image = Gray788.png | Caption = Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. (Labeled at center bottom, third from the bottom.) | Image2 = Gray790.png | Caption2 = The nerves of the scalp, face, and side of neck. | Innervates = [[cheek]] | BranchFrom = [[facial nerve]] | BranchTo = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = r_02 | DorlandsSuf = 12689160 | }} 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 {{Gray's}} {{neuroscience-stub}} {{Cranial nerves}} [[Category:Nervous system]] [[hu:Rami buccales nervi facialis]]