Deep temporal nerves
Deep temporal nerves | |
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Details | |
From | mandibular nerve |
Innervates | Temporalis |
Identifiers | |
Latin | nervi temporales profundi |
TA98 | A14.2.01.071 |
TA2 | 6254 |
FMA | 53187 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
The deep temporal nerves, branches of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve, are two in number, anterior and posterior.[1] They pass above the upper border of the pterygoideus externus and enter the deep surface of the temporalis.
Branches
- The posterior branch, of small size, is placed at the back of the temporal fossa, and sometimes arises in common with the masseteric nerve.
- The anterior branch is frequently given off from the buccinator nerve, and then turns upward over the upper head of the pterygoideus externus.
- Frequently a third or intermediate branch is present.
See also
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 895 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ^ "deep temporal nerve". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
External links
- lesson4 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (mandibularnerve)