CUTANEOUS NERVES. 



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communicates with the great auricular nerve, and divides into 

 occipital and auricular branches. 



The occipital branch is long and slender, and ends in the posterior occipital 



branch, 



icipital artery. 



dor auricular 

 ^branch of facial) 



it occipital nerve. 



Facial nerve. 



Small occipital nerve. 

 Great auricular nerve 



Frontal artery. 



Supraorbital artery. 

 Supratrochlear nerv 

 Supraorbital nerve. 



Infratrochlear nerve 

 Malar branch of tei 



poro-malar. 

 Temporal branch o 

 temporo-inal 



Xasal nerve. 



Infraorbital 

 nerve. 



Long buccal nerv 

 _ Mental nerve. 



FIG. 186. NERVES AND ARTERIES OP THE SCALP. 



d. Superficial temporal artery. 

 /. Posterior auricular artery. 

 h. Orbital branch of superficial 

 temporal artery. 



14. The superficial cervical nerve. 



The auriculo-temporal nerve is shown running up with the superficial 

 temporal artery (d). 



A. Platysma muscle. 



B. Trapezius muscle. 



c. Sterno-mastoid muscle. 

 D. Masseter muscle. 



belly of the occipito-frontalis muscle. It lies close to the bone, 

 enveloped in dense fibrous structure. 



The auricular branch ascends to the back of the ear, supplying andauri- 

 the retrahent muscle and the small muscles on the posterior surface cu 

 of the pinna. 



