Buccal branches of the facial nerve

Buccal branches of the facial nerve
Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. (Labeled at center bottom, third from the bottom.)
The nerves of the scalp, face, and side of neck.
Details
FromFacial nerve
InnervatesCheek
Identifiers
Latinrami buccales nervi facialis
TA98A14.2.01.111
TA26304
FMA53310
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The buccal branches of the facial nerve (infraorbital branches), are of larger size than the rest of the branches, pass horizontally forward to be distributed below the orbit and around the mouth.