Chapter 13, Problem 6CT

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The ways in which a person lost his sense of smell provided that a person got fractures in several facial bones.

Introduction:

The muscles of facial expression attach to the superficial fascia of the skin. These muscles contract after joining with superficial fascia. The contraction and relaxation of these muscles control the facial expressions. All the muscles of facial expression attach with superficial fascia except the facial nerve. The facial nerve attaches to the seventh cranial nerve.