Supraorbital nerve
Appearance
Supraorbital nerve | |
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Details | |
From | Ophthalmic division, frontal nerve |
Innervates | frontal sinus |
Identifiers | |
Latin | Nervus supraorbitalis |
TA98 | A14.2.01.021 |
TA2 | 6200 |
FMA | 52655 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
The supraorbital nerve is a terminal branch of the frontal nerve.
It passes through the supraorbital foramen, and gives off, in this situation, palpebral filaments to the upper eyelid. Additionally it supplies the conjunctiva of the eye, the frontal sinus and the skin from the forehead extending back to the middle of the scalp.
Branches
It then ascends upon the forehead, and ends in two branches, a medial and a lateral, which supply the integument of the scalp, reaching nearly as far back as the lambdoidal suture; they are at first situated beneath the frontalis:
- the medial branch perforates the muscle.
- the lateral branch perforates the galea aponeurotica.
Both branches supply small twigs to the pericranium.
Additional images
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Sensory areas of the head, showing the general distribution of the three divisions of the fifth nerve.
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The nerves of the scalp, face, and side of neck.
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Outline of side of face, showing chief surface markings.
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supraorbital nerve
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Extrinsic eye muscle. Nerves of orbita. Deep dissection.
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Extrinsic eye muscle. Nerves of orbita. Deep dissection.
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Extrinsic eye muscle. Nerves of orbita. Deep dissection.
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Extrinsic eye muscle. Nerves of orbita. Deep dissection.
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Extrinsic eye muscle. Nerves of orbita. Deep dissection.
See also
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 888 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
- Knize D (1995). "A study of the supraorbital nerve". Plast Reconstr Surg. 96 (3): 564–9. doi:10.1097/00006534-199509000-00007. PMID 7638280.
- MedEd at Loyola GrossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cnb1.htm
- lesson3 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (orbit2)
- cranialnerves at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (V)
- http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-2.HTM