The condition results from inflammation of the seventh cranial nerve, which controls facial expressions and movements. This nerve swelling typically impacts only one of the two facial nerves ...

Introduction: The Marginal Mandibular Nerve (MMN), despite being didactically described as being a unique branch of the other branches of the Facial Nerve, has in practice an abundant anatomical ...

Facial nerve injury can cause paralysis on the affected side of the face, leading to functional and cosmetic impairments. For patients with this condition, nerve transfer surgery is recommended to ...

The Facial Nerve Program in the UAB Department of Otolaryngology, the first and only program of its kind in the state of Alabama, offers a comprehensive team approach for patients experiencing facial ...

It then enters into the parotid gland and divides into its five main branches [4]. Facial nerve weakness can vary in severity from minor marginal mandibular asymmetry to complete facial paralysis.

The facial nerve is the seventh of the twelve cranial ... and raising of the corner of your mouth to smile. Marginal mandibular branch. Information on this branch goes to muscles that control ...

The maxillary nerve is the second of three branches of the trigeminal nerve. It arises between the trigeminal's ophthalmic and mandibular ... a nasal branch, which also accesses the mucous membrane of ...

There is significant variation in the branching pattern of the terminal facial branches, which are traditionally conceptualised into temporal, zygomatic, buccal, marginal ... facial nerve and/or from ...

The mental nerve is a sensory nerve that provides feeling to your lower lip, the front of your chin, and a portion of your gums. It’s one of the branches of the inferior alveolar nerve, which is a ...

Finally, to test the motor division of the mandibular branch, palpate the masseter ... to that side when the mouth is opened. The facial nerve provides motor innervation to the muscles involved ...