Cervical branch of the facial nerve

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The cervical branch of the facial nerve runs forward beneath the Platysma, and forms a series of arches across the side of the neck over the suprahyoid region.

One branch descends to join the cervical cutaneous nerve from the cervical plexus; others supply the Platysma.

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