Middle meningeal nerve

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Nerve: Middle meningeal nerve

Left parietal bone. Inner surface. (Nerve not labeled, but grooves visible at bottom.)
Latin	nervus meningeus medius
Gray's	subject #200 889
Innervates	meninges

The middle meningeal nerve (meningeal or dural branch) is given off from the maxillary nerve directly after its origin from the semilunar ganglion

It accompanies the middle meningeal artery and supplies the dura mater.

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Left temporal bone. Inner surface.

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The cranial nerves: trigeminal nerve

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)

in meninges	middle meningeal

in pterygopalatine fossa	zygomatic (zygomaticotemporal, zygomaticofacial) · pterygopalatine (pterygopalatine ganglion see below for details) · posterior superior alveolar

in infraorbital canal	infraorbital nerve: superior alveolar (middle, anterior) · internal nasal branches

on face	inferior palpebral · external nasal · superior labial (infraorbital plexus)

mandibular
(V3)

in meninges	meningeal

anterior	to muscles of mastication (medial pterygoid/to tensor veli palatini, lateral pterygoid, masseteric, deep temporal) · buccal

posterior	auriculotemporal (otic ganglion) · lingual (submandibular ganglion) · inferior alveolar (mylohyoid, mental)