Buccal branches of the facial nerve

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
From	Facial nerve
Innervates	Cheek
Identifiers
Latin	rami buccales nervi facialis
TA98	A14.2.01.111
TA2	6304
FMA	53310
	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.