Body Region: Head & Skull

  • May 2, 2026
    The lingual nerve (from V3) passes between the medial pterygoid and the mandibular ramus in the infratemporal fossa, crosses over…
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    The inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) enters the mandibular foramen on the medial ramus, traverses the mandibular canal through the mandibular…
  • May 2, 2026
    The middle meningeal nerve (nervus spinosus) is a recurrent branch of the mandibular nerve (V3) that re-enters the skull through…
  • May 2, 2026
    The long ciliary nerves are branches of the nasociliary nerve (from V1) that pass from the optic canal forward within…
  • May 2, 2026
    The lesser petrosal nerve carries preganglionic parasympathetic fibres from the tympanic plexus (via the tympanic nerve from CN IX) to…
  • May 2, 2026
    Jacobson nerve (tympanic nerve) is a branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) arising from the inferior ganglion and re-entering…
  • May 2, 2026
    The mylohyoid nerve is a branch of the inferior alveolar nerve arising just before or as the inferior alveolar nerve…
  • May 2, 2026
    The auricular branch of the vagus nerve (Arnold nerve) arises from the superior (jugular) ganglion of the vagus nerve and…
  • May 2, 2026
    The superior alveolar nerves supply the upper dentition and associated gingiva: the posterior superior alveolar nerve (PSAN) from V2 in…
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    The zygomaticofacial nerve is a branch of the zygomatic nerve (from V2 via the pterygopalatine fossa) that exits the zygoma…

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