anatomy help!

**shussain83** · 02-01-2007, 05:25 PM

hi,

can somone please help.im currently studying for my anatomy exam which is on friday.

however i am confused about the branches of the facial nerve. i always thought there were 5 main branches: temporal,zygomatic,buccal,marginal mandibular and cervical. however some text books also mention post. auricular and branches of post belly of digastric and stylohyoid. Are these two brnches visible superficially on the cadaver or are they located deeper. do they brach at the parotid gland like the main 5 branches?

any help will be much apprecitaed.

many thanks
seb

**xXxSweet JalebixXx** · 02-01-2007, 08:23 PM

the branches i kno of are temporal, zygomatic, buccal, mandibular and cervical! you should be able to see them, they arnt really obvious tho, loads of little branches but wen ya look at it closely it makes sense
a gud way of remembering it is:
Two
Zulus
Bothered
My
Cat

dont ask were it came from! ask my anatomy dem, helps ya memory though!

**shussain83** · 02-01-2007, 08:28 PM

lol.cheers.i remember it as The Zebra Bit My Cookie.

**yeliab_cram** · 02-01-2007, 10:53 PM

Ten Zulus Buggered My Cat has more of a ring to it in my humble opinion!

Seb: The facial nerve gives off many branches as it passes from the pontine angle, through the facial canal to the stylomastoid foramen. Of particular note are the petrosal nerves (which help to form both the saphenopalatine ganglion and otic ganglion), the branch to stapedius and the chorda tympani (all within the facial canal) & the posterior aurticular nerve and the nerves to digastric and stylohyoid (at the stylomastoid foramen). The five infamous braches are the TERMINAL branches of the nerve. They are the ones which form the big spaghetti-like mess within the parotid gland.

If its a spotter, i would be surprised if they asked you to identify anything other than the 5 terminal branches, however they could always ask you a subsequent question about them. It all makes sense if you have a look at a picture of the nerve path and its branches in Gray's Anatomy - if you are in a rush there is a copy on Wikipedia.

All the best,

**shussain83** · 04-01-2007, 04:16 AM

thanks for the help guys...

can someone please tell me which structures in the eye develop from the choroid?

thanks

**Duo** · 04-01-2007, 08:42 PM

sorry to jump in with a bit of a random question. you said you were studying for your anatomy exam. would that be the anatomy as a whole or just anatomy of the head?

(just wondering because doing the whole anatomy in one exam seams a lot to me, as you can prob tell im not at med school yet)

**yeliab_cram** · 04-01-2007, 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by shussain83

can someone please tell me which structures in the eye develop from the choroid?

LOL - Seb: go and buy a book!

**shussain83** · 05-01-2007, 12:56 AM

yes,the exam is on the anatomy of the head and neck.

lol.sorry for asking so many questions, getting mad nervous.

**middlj** · 03-04-2008, 12:41 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_nerve

I know its wikipedia and probably of no use what so ever. But here it is anyway

**kiya** · 07-04-2008, 09:13 PM

Hope your exam went well, Seb.

I'm currently panicking about an anatomy exam I have at the beginning of June. There's 6 questions and we have to answer 4. The questions are on anything and everything to do with anatomy, physiology and oncology. To be honest, it's completely freaking me out, because whilst I've been studying hard all year it seems rather hit and miss as to whether I'll get 4 questions I can answer... unless I know absolutely everything. And I don't think that's possible in a year...

Anyone with any advice, greatly appreciated! Not doing med (obviously and probably just as well), but advice from medics definitely welcome.