HEAD NECK
SCALP FACE TEMPLE
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Question
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____ affects the muscles of the mouth
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radial nerve
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buccal nerve
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temporal nerve
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ulnar nerve
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The buccal nerve passes forward between the coronoid process of the mandible and the tuberosity of the maxilla to supply the buccinator muscle. It supplies: a branch to the lateral pterygoid muscle. a filament to the anterior deep temporal nerve for the temporalis muscle.
Detailed explanation-2: -Buccal nerve injuries are associated mainly with the distal incision made during the surgical extraction of third molars, in orthognathic surgery and in facial trauma.
Detailed explanation-3: -The buccal branch of the facial nerve innervates the buccinator, levator labii, anguli oris, and orbicularis oris.
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