Vth Cranial Nerve
(Trigeminal)
Opthalmic Division
- sensory
- passes through superior orbital fissure
- frontal nerve
- supraorbital
- supratrochlear
- lacrimal nerve
- sensory to gland, upper eyelid, lateral forehead
- nasocilliary
- ciliary branches to eyeball
- infratrochlear branch to root of nose
- anterior ethnoidal nerve to bridge of nose and nasal septum
Maxillary Division
- sensory
- passes through foramen rotundum, pterygomaxillary fissure, infraorbital
canal
- branches
- zygomatic
- posterior, middle, anterior superior alveolar nerves
- infraorbital nerve
Mandibular Division
- mixed
- passes through foramen ovale
- branches
- to temporalis
- to masseter
- buccal
- auriculotemporal
- inferior alveolar
- lingual (sensory to gums, floor of mouth, anterior 2/3 of tongue
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