The anatomist's vade mecum : a system of human anatomy . ylo-hyoicl branch is distributed to the stylo-hyoid muscle,and communicates with the carotid plexus of the sympathetic. The Digastric branch supplies the posterior belly of the digastricusmuscle, and communicates with the glosso-pharyngeal and pneumo-gastric nerve. The Temporo-facial gives off a number of branches which are dis-tributed over the temple and upper half of the face, supplying themuscles of this region, and communicating with the branches of theauriculo-temporal, subcutaneus malae, lachrymal, and supra-orbital 448 FACIAL NER


The anatomist's vade mecum : a system of human anatomy . ylo-hyoicl branch is distributed to the stylo-hyoid muscle,and communicates with the carotid plexus of the sympathetic. The Digastric branch supplies the posterior belly of the digastricusmuscle, and communicates with the glosso-pharyngeal and pneumo-gastric nerve. The Temporo-facial gives off a number of branches which are dis-tributed over the temple and upper half of the face, supplying themuscles of this region, and communicating with the branches of theauriculo-temporal, subcutaneus malae, lachrymal, and supra-orbital 448 FACIAL NERVE. nerve. The inferior branches, wMcli accompany Stenons duct, forma plexus with the terminal branches of the infra-orbital nerve, andcommunicate with the infra-trochlear and nasal. The Cervico-facial divides into a number of branches which aredistributed to muscles on the lower half of the face and upper partof the neck, and communicate with the buccal and inferior dentalnerves. The cervical branches (subcutanei colli) form a plexus T\-ith Fig. 154.*. * The distribution of the facial nerve and the branches of the cervicalplexus. I. The facial nerve, escaping from the stylo-mastoid foramen, andcrossing the ramus of the lower jaw; the parotid gland has been removedin order to see the nerve more distinctly. 2. The posterior auricular branch;the digastric and stylo-hyoid filaments are seen near the origin of this Temporal branches, communicating with (4) the branches of the frontalnerve. 5. Infra-orbital branches, communicating with (6) the infra-orbitalnerve. 7. Maxillary branches, communicating with (8) the mental Cervico-facial branches communicating with (10) the superficialis coUinerve, and forming a plexus (11) over the submaxillary gland. The distri-bution of the branches of the facial in a radiated direction over the side ofthe face and their looped communications constitute the pes The auricularis magnus nerve, one of the ascending branch


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