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How is the nerve supply to platysma muscle?
Facial nerve
Is the orbicularis oculi muscle innervated by the facial nerve?
Yes
What is the nerve supply of the muscles of facial expression?
The facial muscles are innervated by facial nerve (cranial nerve VII). In contrast, the nearby masticatory muscles are innervated by the mandibular nerve, a branch of thetrigeminal nerve (V).
Which is the muscle responsible for bell's sign?
It is caused by a paralyse of facial nerve.
Which facial nerve controls which side of the face?
nerves do not control face movement, muscle does
What term meaning to suture the ends of a severed nerve is?
Neurorrhaphy is surgical suture of the ends of a severed nerve.
What part of the nervous system is affected by the bell's palsy?
The Facial Nerve or Cranial Nerve VII is the nerve involved with Bell's Palsy.
What is the suturing of the ends of the severed nerve called?
Neurorrhaphy.
What muscle is paralyzed if sciatic nerve is severed?
If the sciatic nerve is severed, the muscles controlled by it would be affected. These include the muscles of the lower leg and foot, such as the hamstrings, calf muscles, and muscles that control movement of the foot and toes. Injury to the sciatic nerve can result in weakness or paralysis of these muscles on the affected side.
What two prominent muscles have been affected if your right accessory nerve was severed in an accident and there was muscle atrophy?
When a nerve is cut, the muscle that communicates with the brain along that nerve no longer functions. this results in atrophy, the muscle thinning. It may not be repairable since the nerves degenerate when they get cut. If the surgeon says a nerve graft is doable, then there can be good sucess with a repair.
What does Facial nerve VII do to the eye?
The facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) plays a crucial role in controlling the muscles of facial expression, including those around the eye. It innervates the orbicularis oculi muscle, which is responsible for closing the eyelids, facilitating blinking and protecting the eye. Additionally, the facial nerve contributes to tear production by stimulating the lacrimal glands through its parasympathetic fibers. Dysfunction of the facial nerve can lead to problems such as dry eyes or inability to close the eyelids properly.
Taste fibers to anterior two thirds of the tongue are carried by?
the Chorda Tympani nerve ( a branch of the facial nerve VII) which joins the lingual nerve medial to the lateral pterygoid muscle.
