Zygomatic branches of the facial nerve

"Zygomatic branch" redirects here. For the branch of the maxillary nerve, see Zygomatic nerve.

Zygomatic branches of the facial nerve
File:Gray788.png 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 branches labeled at center, near cheek)
Details
Latin	Rami zygomatici nervi facialis
From	Facial nerve
Identifiers
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Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [[[d:|edit on Wikidata]]]

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.

Clinical relevance

To test the zygomatic branches of the facial nerve, a patient is asked to close their eyes tightly.

Additional images

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  Lateral head anatomy detail

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  Lateral head anatomy detail.Dissection the newborn

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  Lateral head anatomy detail.Facial nerve dissection.

See also

• Zygomatic nerve

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• Anatomy photo:23:06-0105 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "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