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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 Nerve to Medial Pterygoid nervus musculi pterygoidei medialis Head & Skull The nerve to medial pterygoid is a branch of the mandibular nerve (V3) given off just…
Nerve Nerve to Mylohyoid nervus mylohyoideus Head & Skull The nerve to mylohyoid arises from the inferior alveolar nerve just before it enters the mandibular…
Nerve Nerve to Stapedius nervus stapedius Head & Skull The nerve to stapedius is a tiny motor branch of the facial nerve that arises in…
Nerve Nerve to Tensor Tympani nervus musculi tensoris tympani Head & Skull The nerve to tensor tympani is a small branch from the medial pterygoid nerve (itself from…
Nerve Nerve to Tensor Veli Palatini nervus musculi tensoris veli palatini Head & Skull The nerve to tensor veli palatini is a branch of the medial pterygoid nerve from the…
Nerve Nervus Intermedius nervus intermedius Wrisbergii Head & Skull The nervus intermedius (nerve of Wrisberg) is the sensory and autonomic root of the facial nerve…
Nerve Oculomotor Nerve nervus oculomotorius (CN III) Head & Skull The oculomotor nerve controls four of the six extra-ocular muscles, the levator palpebrae superioris, and the…
Nerve Oculomotor Nerve (CN III): Full nervus oculomotorius Head & Skull CN III is the primary ocular motor nerve, supplying four of the six extraocular muscles plus…
Nerve Olfactory Nerve (CN I) nervus olfactorius Head & Skull CN I is unique among cranial nerves. It is a direct extension of the brain (the…
Nerve Ophthalmic Nerve nervus ophthalmicus (CN V1) Head & Skull The ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve is the smallest of the three divisions, providing purely…
Nerve Ophthalmic Nerve Overview nervus ophthalmicus (V1) Head & Skull The ophthalmic nerve (V1) is the smallest and most superior division of the trigeminal nerve, arising…
Nerve Optic Nerve (CN II) nervus opticus Head & Skull CN II is not a true peripheral nerve but a white matter tract of the brain…
Nerve Otic Ganglion ganglion oticum Head & Skull The otic ganglion is a parasympathetic ganglion located in the infratemporal fossa immediately below the foramen…
Nerve Posterior Auricular Nerve nervus auricularis posterior Head & Skull The posterior auricular nerve is the first extracranial branch of the facial nerve (CN VII), given…
Nerve Posterior Ethmoidal Nerve nervus ethmoidalis posterior Head & Skull The posterior ethmoidal nerve is a branch of the nasociliary nerve (from V1) that exits the…
Nerve Posterior Nasal Nerves nervi nasales posteriores Head & Skull The posterior nasal nerves are branches of the maxillary nerve (V2) via the pterygopalatine ganglion, exiting…
Nerve Posterior Superior Alveolar Nerve nervus alveolaris superior posterior Head & Skull The posterior superior alveolar nerve is a branch of the maxillary nerve (V2) that arises from…
Nerve Pterygopalatine Ganglion ganglion pterygopalatinum Head & Skull The pterygopalatine ganglion (sphenopalatine ganglion) is the largest parasympathetic ganglion of the head, located in the…
Nerve Short Ciliary Nerves nervi ciliares breves Head & Skull The short ciliary nerves are a group of about 6-10 fine nerves that leave the front…
Nerve Spiral Ganglion of the Cochlea ganglion spirale cochleae Head & Skull The spiral ganglion is the cochlear sensory ganglion containing the bipolar first-order auditory neurons whose peripheral…
Nerve Submandibular Ganglion ganglion submandibulare Head & Skull The submandibular ganglion is a small parasympathetic ganglion hanging from the lingual nerve by two short…
Nerve Superior Alveolar Nerves nervi alveolares superiores Head & Skull The superior alveolar nerves supply the upper dentition and associated gingiva: the posterior superior alveolar nerve…
Nerve Supraorbital Nerve nervus supraorbitalis Head & Skull The supraorbital nerve exits the orbit through the supraorbital foramen (or notch) at the superomedial orbital…
Nerve Supratrochlear Nerve nervus supratrochlearis Head & Skull The supratrochlear nerve is the smaller medial branch of the frontal nerve, supplying the central glabellar…
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