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Nerves

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

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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 Spinal Accessory Nerve (CN XI) nervus accessorius (pars spinalis) Head & Skull The spinal accessory nerve (SAN) is the most vulnerable nerve in the posterior triangle of the… 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 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… Nerve Temporal Branch of the Facial Nerve rami temporales nervi facialis Head & Skull The temporal branches of the facial nerve (CN VII) exit the superior parotid, crossing the zygomatic… Nerve Third Occipital Nerve nervus occipitalis tertius Head & Skull The third occipital nerve (TON) is the medial branch of C3 that wraps around and innervates… Nerve Trigeminal Nerve nervus trigeminus (CN V) Head & Skull The trigeminal nerve is the largest cranial nerve and the primary sensory nerve of the face,… Nerve Trigeminal Nerve (CN V) — Three Divisions nervus trigeminus (tres divisiones) Head & Skull The trigeminal nerve is the largest cranial nerve, providing sensation to the entire face and motor… Nerve Trochlear Nerve nervus trochlearis (CN IV) Head & Skull The trochlear nerve is the smallest cranial nerve by number of axons and the only cranial… Nerve Trochlear Nerve (CN IV) nervus trochlearis Head & Skull The trochlear nerve (CN IV) is the smallest cranial nerve and the only one to exit… Nerve Trochlear Nerve (CN IV) — Full nervus trochlearis Head & Skull CN IV is the thinnest cranial nerve and has the longest intracranial course, making it uniquely… Nerve Tympanic Nerve nervus tympanicus Head & Skull The tympanic nerve (Jacobson's nerve) is a branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) that enters… Nerve Vagus Nerve (CN X) — Full nervus vagus Head & Skull The vagus nerve is the longest cranial nerve, providing parasympathetic innervation to most thoracic and abdominal… Nerve Vestibular Nerve nervus vestibularis Head & Skull The vestibular nerve carries special sensory fibres from the vestibular ganglion (Scarpa ganglion) to the vestibular… Nerve Vestibulocochlear Nerve nervus vestibulocochlearis (CN VIII) Head & Skull The vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII) has two distinct divisions: the cochlear nerve (arising from the spiral… Nerve Vestibulocochlear Nerve (CN VIII) — Full nervus vestibulocochlearis Head & Skull CN VIII has two distinct functional divisions: the cochlear nerve for hearing and the vestibular nerve… Nerve Zygomatic Nerve nervus zygomaticus Head & Skull The zygomatic nerve is a branch of the maxillary nerve (V2) that enters the orbit through… Nerve Zygomaticofacial Nerve nervus zygomaticofacialis Head & Skull The zygomaticofacial nerve is a branch of the zygomatic nerve (from V2 via the pterygopalatine fossa)… Nerve Zygomaticotemporal Nerve nervus zygomaticotemporalis Head & Skull The zygomaticotemporal nerve is a branch of the zygomatic nerve (from the maxillary division of the…