Structure of the Cervical Branch of the Facial Nerve - Cervical branch of the facial nerve is a branch of the facial nerve (VII). - It runs forward beneath the platysma muscle. - It forms a series of arches across the side of the neck over the suprahyoid region. - One branch descends to join the cervical cutaneous nerve from the cervical plexus.

Function of the Cervical Branch of the Facial Nerve - The lateral part of the cervical branch of the facial nerve supplies the platysma muscle.

Additional Images - Lateral head anatomy detail - Lateral head anatomy detail. Dissection the newborn - Lateral head anatomy detail. Facial nerve dissection.

References - This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 905 of the 20th edition of Grays Anatomy (1918). - Snell, Richard S. (2007). Clinical anatomy by systems. Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 978-0-7817-9164-9. - Cuzalina, Angelo; Smith, C. Blake (2017). 81 - Management of the Aging Neck. Maxillofacial surgery. Peter A. Brennan, Henning Schliephake, G. E. Ghali, Luke Cascarini (3rded.). St. Louis, Missouri: Churchill Livingstone. pp.1223–1245. doi:10.1016/B978-0-7020-6056-4.00081-2. ISBN 978-0-7020-6059-5. OCLC 968339962.

External Links - Anatomy photo:23:06-0102 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - Branches of Facial Nerve (CN VII) - lesson4 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (parotid3) - cranialnerves at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (VII) - https://web.archive.org/web/20080921093026/https://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-5.HTM - This neuroanatomy article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.