Branches facial nerve
Branches at the Geniculate ganglion
Temporofacial branch
- Greater superficial Petrosal nerve -supplies secretomotor fibers to lacrimal gland
- Nerve to stapedius
- Chorda tympani -arise 5 mm above the stylomastoid foramen, carry taste sensation from anterior 2/3rd of tongue. It supplies secretomotor fibers to submandibular and sublingual gland
- Posterior auricular braches-supplies occipitalis and auricular muscles
- Digastric – Posterior belly of digastric
- Stylohyoid supplies stylohyoid muscle
Temporofacial branch
- Temporal
- Zygomatic
- Upper buccal
- Lower buccal
- Mandibular
- Cervical.
