Cervical branch of the facial nerve

Nerve: Cervical branch of the facial nerve
Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. (Labeled at center bottom, as "Cervical".)
The nerves of the scalp, face, and side of neck. (Cervical labeled at center, in dark region under jaw.)
Latin	ramus colli nervi facialis
Gray's	subject #202 905
From	facial nerve

The cervical branch of the facial nerve runs forward beneath the Platysma, and forms a series of arches across the side of the neck over the suprahyoid region.

One branch descends to join the cervical cutaneous nerve from the cervical plexus; others supply the Platysma. Also supplies the depressor anguli oris^[1].

Additional images

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  Lateral head anatomy detail

External links

1. ^ Snell, Richard S. (2007). Clinical anatomy by systems. Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0-7817-9164-2. 

• SUNY Labs 23:06-0102 - "Branches of Facial Nerve (CN VII)"
• lesson4 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (parotid3)
• cranialnerves at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (VII)
• http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-5.HTM

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.