Marginal mandibular branch of facial nerve 5336067 190325265 2008-02-10T04:29:09Z Arcadian 104523 /* External links */ link {{Infobox Nerve | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = ramus marginalis mandibularis 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, second from bottom, as "Mandibular".) | Image2 = Ramusmarginalismandibularisnervifacialis.png | Caption2 = The nerves of the scalp, face, and side of neck. | Innervates = | BranchFrom = [[facial nerve]] | BranchTo = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = r_02 | DorlandsSuf = 12690722 | }} 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]]. ==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. ==External links== * {{SUNYAnatomyLabs|23|06|01|03}} - "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]] [[Category:Cranial nerves]] [[hu:Ramus marginalis mandibularis nervi facialis]]