Supraorbital nerve

Supraorbital nerve
Supraorbital nerve
	Nerves of the orbit seen from above (supraorbital nerve labeled at upper right)
	The tarsi and their ligaments. Right eye; front view. (Supraorbital nerve labeled at upper right.)
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 [edit on Wikidata]

The supraorbital nerve is a terminal branch of the trigeminal 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

Sensory areas of the head, showing the general distribution of the three divisions of the fifth nerve.
The nerves of the scalp, face, and side of neck.
Outline of side of face, showing chief surface markings.
supraorbital nerve
Extrinsic eye muscle. Nerves of orbita. Deep dissection.
Extrinsic eye muscle. Nerves of orbita. Deep dissection.
Extrinsic eye muscle. Nerves of orbita. Deep dissection.
Extrinsic eye muscle. Nerves of orbita. Deep dissection.
Extrinsic eye muscle. Nerves of orbita. Deep dissection.