S3 Face List of Structures

Osteology

• Mandible

  • Angle

  • Ramus

  • Condylar process

  • Mental foramen

• Temporal bone

  • External acoustic meatus

  • Mastoid process

  • Styloid process

  • Mandibular fossa

  • Petrotympanic fissure

  • Zygomatic process

  • Stylomastoid foramen

• Cranial base

  • Jugular foramen

• Frontal bone

  • Supra-orbital foramen/notch

• Maxilla

  • Infra-orbital foramen

Muscles

• Buccinator m.

• Occipitofrontalis m.

  • Frontal belly

  • Epicranial aponeurosis

• Orbicularis oculi m.

  • Orbital part

• Levator labii superioris m.

• Zygomaticus major m.

• Orbicularis oris m.

• Mylohyoid m.

Nerves

• Trigeminal n. (CN V)

  • Supra-orbital n. (V1 br)

  • Supratrochlear n. (V1 br)

  • Infra-orbital n. (V2 br)

  • Mental n. (V3 br)

• Facial n. (CN VII)

  • Temporal brs. 

  • Zygomatic brs.

  • Buccal brs.

  • Marginal mandibular br.

• Hypoglossal n. (CN XII)

Vessels

• Facial v.

• Facial a.

• External carotid a.

  • Superior thyroid a.

  • Lingual a.

  • Facial a.

Viscera

• Parotid gland

  • Parotid (Stensen’s) duct