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268 A.O. Grobbelaar and A.C.S. Woollard

Table 15.1 Distribution and function of the facial nerve (CNVII)

Branch of CN VII Muscle Action

Posterior auricular Posterior auricular Pulls ear back

Occipitofrontalis Moves scalp back

Direct branch Stylohyoid Retracts and elevates fl oor of mouth

Direct branch Posterior belly digastric Raises hyoid bone in swallowing

Temporal Anterior auricular Pulls ear forward

Superior auricular Raises ear

Frontalis

Raises brow

Corrugator supercilli Pulls eyebrows medially and down

Procerus

Pulls medial eyebrow down

Temporal and zygomatic Orbicularis oculi Closes eyelids

Zygomatic and buccal Zygomaticus major Elevates corners of mouth

Buccal Zygomaticus minor Elevates upper lip

Levator labii superioris Elevates upper lip and mid nasolabial fold

Levator labii superioris Elevates nasolabial fold and nasal ala

alaeque nasi

Risorius

Assists lateral vector of smile

Buccinator

De fl ates cheeks

Levator anguli oris Pulls corners of mouth up and medially

Orbicularis oris

Purses lips

Nasalis, dilator naris Flares nostrils

Nasalis, compressor naris Closes nostrils

Buccal and marginal Depressor anguli oris Depresses corner of mouth

mandibular

Depressor labii inferioris Depresses lower lip

Marginal mandibular Mentalis Pulls skin of chin up

Cervical Platysma Tightens skin of neck and depresses

corner of mouth

The marginal mandibular and cervical branches innervate the platysma and the

depressor anguli oris. Paralysis of the lower lip depressors impairs depression of the

lower lip on the affected, giving a snarl-like appearance especially during crying

(Tulley et al. 2000 ) . See Table 15.1 for a complete list of the muscles innervated by

each branch.

15.3 Etiology

Evidence for facial palsy dates back as far as 4000 BCE with an Egyptian statue

exhibiting a left-sided facial palsy (Resende and Weber 2008 ) . Avicenna (979–1037

CE) identi fi ed the difference between a central lesion affecting the body and face,

and an isolated nerve lesion affecting only the face (Kataye 1975 ) . Freidrich was the

fi rst to describe three cases of idiopathic facial palsy in 1797 in Germany (Bird and

Nicolaus 1979 ) . However, it was Charles Bell (later knighted) who demonstrated

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