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Body Atlas, Nerve Reference

Nerves

Nerve reference, root levels, course, motor and sensory distribution, entrapment sites, and neuropathies.

342 nerves
90 nerves in Head & Skull  Clear × · alternate versions listed on each card
Nerve Greater Palatine Nerve nervus palatinus major Head & Skull The greater palatine nerve descends from the pterygopalatine ganglion through the greater palatine canal to emerge…
Nerve Greater Petrosal Nerve nervus petrosus major Head & Skull The greater petrosal nerve arises from the geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve in the petrous…
Nerve Hypoglossal Nerve nervus hypoglossus (CN XII) Head & Skull The hypoglossal nerve is the motor nerve to the tongue, supplying all tongue muscles except the…
Nerve Hypoglossal Nerve (CN XII): Full nervus hypoglossus Head & Skull The hypoglossal nerve is the motor nerve to the tongue, with unilateral palsy producing tongue deviation…
Nerve Inferior Alveolar Nerve nervus alveolaris inferior Head & Skull The inferior alveolar nerve is the primary sensory supply to the lower teeth and the terminal…
Nerve Infraorbital Nerve nervus infraorbitalis Head & Skull The infraorbital nerve is the terminal branch of the maxillary nerve, emerging from the infraorbital foramen…
Nerve Infratrochlear Nerve nervus infratrochlearis Head & Skull The infratrochlear nerve is one of the two terminal branches of the nasociliary nerve, the other…
Nerve Lacrimal Nerve nervus lacrimalis Head & Skull The lacrimal nerve is the smallest branch of the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve (V1).…
Nerve Lesser Occipital Nerve nervus occipitalis minor Head & Skull The lesser occipital nerve provides sensory supply to the lateral occipital scalp and the area behind…
Nerve Lesser Palatine Nerves nervi palatini minores Head & Skull The lesser palatine nerves emerge through the lesser palatine foramina posterior to the greater palatine foramen…
Nerve Lesser Petrosal Nerve nervus petrosus minor Head & Skull The lesser petrosal nerve carries preganglionic parasympathetic fibres from the tympanic plexus (via the tympanic nerve…
Nerve Lingual Nerve nervus lingualis Head & Skull The lingual nerve provides general sensation (touch, pain, temperature) to the anterior two-thirds of the tongue… Also: Full overview
Nerve Long Ciliary Nerves nervi ciliares longi Head & Skull The long ciliary nerves are branches of the nasociliary nerve (from V1) that pass from the…
Nerve Mandibular Nerve nervus mandibularis (CN V3) Head & Skull The mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve is the largest and most complex, being the only…
Nerve Marginal Mandibular Nerve ramus marginalis mandibulae nervi facialis Head & Skull The marginal mandibular nerve is a branch of the facial nerve (CN VII) arising from the…
Nerve Maxillary Nerve nervus maxillaris (CN V2) Head & Skull The maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve supplies sensation to the midface from the lower eyelid…
Nerve Meningeal Branch of Mandibular Nerve ramus meningeus nervi mandibularis Head & Skull The meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve, also called the nervus spinosus, leaves V3 just below…
Nerve Mental Nerve nervus mentalis Head & Skull The mental nerve is the terminal sensory branch of the inferior alveolar nerve, exiting through the…
Nerve Middle Superior Alveolar Nerve nervus alveolaris superior medius Head & Skull The middle superior alveolar nerve is an inconstant branch of the infraorbital nerve (V2) present in…
Nerve Nasociliary Nerve nervus nasociliaris Head & Skull The nasociliary nerve is a branch of the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve (V1), entering…
Nerve Nasopalatine Nerve nervus nasopalatinus Head & Skull The nasopalatine nerve is a branch of the maxillary nerve (V2) from the pterygopalatine ganglion. It…
Nerve Nerve of the Pterygoid Canal (Vidian Nerve) nervus canalis pterygoidei Head & Skull The nerve of the pterygoid canal (Vidian nerve) is formed by the union of the greater…
Nerve Nerve to Lateral Pterygoid nervus musculi pterygoidei lateralis Head & Skull The nerve to the lateral pterygoid is a branch of the anterior division of the mandibular…
Nerve Nerve to Masseter nervus massetericus Head & Skull The masseteric nerve is a branch of the anterior division of the mandibular nerve (V3) that…
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