Lecture 14 - High Yield

Question 1

What are the branches off the facial artery?

Answer 1

Superior/inferior labial arteries, lateral nasal artery, and angular artery

Question 2

What do the branches of the transverse facial artery supply?

Answer 2

Parotid gland, masseter muscle, and the skin of the face

Question 3

What nerve supplies sensory innervation of the face?

Answer 3

Trigeminal nerve (CN V), greater/lesser occipital, and great auricular (cervical plexus)

Question 4

What are the three branches of the trigeminal nerve?

Answer 4

Opthalamic, maxillary, and mandibular

Question 5

What is the primary motor nerve to the muscles used for facial expressions and what are its branches?

Answer 5

Facial nerve (CN VII); temporal, zygomatic, buccal, mandibular, and cervical