Nerves within the Parotid Gland

Question 1

Within the parotid gland what branches of the facial nerve are given off?

Answer 1

posterior auricular, digastric, and stylohyoid forms the facial nerve plexus

Question 2

What are the branches of the facial nerve plexus?

Answer 2

• temporal
• zygomatic
• buccal
• marginal mandibular
• cervical

Question 3

What branch of the facial nerve penetrates the parotid gland, but is not given off within it?

Answer 3

the chorda tympani nerve

Question 4

What branches of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve are given off within the parotid gland?

Answer 4

• auriculotemporal

- lingual