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nasociliary nerve
Origin:
- ophthalmic nerve in the superior orbital fissure
Branches:
1) communicating branch to the ciliary ganglion
2) long ciliary nerve
3) posterior ethmoidal nerve
4) anterior ethmoidal nerve
5) infratrochlear nerve
6) nasal branch
Innervation:
1) mucous membrane of the nose
2) skin of the tip of the nose
3) conjunctiva [2] & cornea [1]
Related
anterior ethmoidal nerve
infratrochlear nerve
long ciliary nerve
ophthalmic nerve (CN V-1)
posterior ethmoidal nerve
General
peripheral nerve
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American
College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
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