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Sensory nerves Motor nerves

ZYGOMATICO- AURICULO-
SUPRATROCHLEAR SUPRAORBITAL
TEMPORAL TEMPORAL TEMPORAL BRANCH
Nerve NERVE NERVE
NERVE NERVE OF FACIAL NERVE
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derived from trigeminal nerve (5 cranial nerve)
Zygomatic nerve
Branches from ophthalmic division of Mandibular division
Nerves in front of the auricle

Origin (branch from maxillary Facial nerve

trigeminal nerve of trigeminal nerve
nerve)
leave orbit  Leave upper end  Leaves upper part
 smaller  Larger of parotid gland of parotid gland
Pass through
 reaches scalp  Reaches the scalp  pass upward in  Crosses zygomatic
Course zygomaticotemporal
through through front of auricle arch to reach the
foramen
superomedial supraorbital notch  cross root of scalp
angle of orbit or foramen zygomatic arch
 anterior part of scalp  Skin of the  Frontal belly of
 upper eye lid posterior part of occipitofrontalis
Anterior part of temple the temple muscle
Supply
Skin of forehead near Skin of scalp till the (side of scalp)  Upper 2/3 of  Upper part of
the median plane lamboid suture lateral surface of orbicularis occuli
auricle muscle
POSTERIOR
Behind the auricle

GREATER OCCIPITAL LESSER OCCIPITAL THIRD OCCIPITAL GREAT AURICULAR

Nerve AURICULAR BRANCH
NERVE (C2) NERVE (C2) NERVE (C3) NERVE (C2-C3)
OF FACIAL NERVE
 Lower part of back
A small area of back A small area of back Occipital belly
Upper part of back of of scalp
Supply of scalp near upper of scalp near the occipitofrantalis
scalp  Upper part of back
part of auricle lower part of auricle muscle
of neck

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