Locating the cervical motor branch of the facial nerve: Anatomy and clinical application

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 875-879

  Chowdhry, Saeed ^a,b   Yoder, Eric M ^a,b   Cooperman, Ross D ^a,b   Yoder, Virginia R ^a,b   Wilhelmi, Bradon J ^a,b  

^a University of Louisville ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; FACIAL NERVE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; NECK; NECK MUSCLE;

CADAVER; FACIAL NERVE; HUMANS; NECK; NECK MUSCLES;

EID: 77956474499     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181e3b374     Document Type: Article

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