Anterior ethmoidal nerve
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| Nerve: Anterior ethmoidal nerve | |
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| The ophthalmic artery and its branches. (Nerve not pictured, but location is similar to artery.) | |
| Latin | nervus ethmoidalis anterior |
| Gray's | subject #200 888 |
| From | nasociliary nerve |
| Dorlands / Elsevier | n_05/12565753 |
The anterior ethmoidal nerve is a nerve which provides sensory branches to the nasal cavity.[1] The branches it gives rise to are called the internal and external nasal branches of the anterior ethmoidal nerve, and the external branch ultimately innervates skin on the lateral sides of the nose.
See also
Specifically, innervates the septum of the nasal cavity.
References
External links
- Anterior+ethmoidal+nerve at eMedicine Dictionary
- MedEd at Loyola GrossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cnb1.htm
- Norman/Georgetown cranialnerves (V)
The cranial nerves: trigeminal nerve | |||||||||
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| ophthalmic (V1) | frontal: supratrochlear - supraorbital (lateral branch, medial branch)
nasociliary: long ciliary - infratrochlear - posterior ethmoidal - anterior ethmoidal (external nasal, internal nasal) - sensory root of ciliary ganglion (ciliary ganglion) lacrimal | ||||||||
| maxillary (V2) |
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| mandibular (V3) |
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