The sensory nerve subdivision of the trigeminal nerve that transmits sensory information from the orbit and its contents, the nasal cavity and the skin of the nose and forehead. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophthalmic_nerve MP:0009798 ]
Synonyms: nervus ophthalmicus (V1) ramus opthalmicus profundus (ramus V1) first branch of fifth cranial nerve ophthalmic nerve [V1] ophthalmic division [V1] opthalmic nerve ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve (V1) first division of trigeminal nerve nervus ophthalmicus [va] rostral branch of trigeminal nerve nervus ophthalmicus (Va) ophthalmic division of fifth cranial nerve cranial nerve V, branch V1 ophthalmic nerve [Va] ophthalmic division [Va] nervus ophthalmicus [v1] ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve (Va) trigeminal V nerve ophthalmic division first division of fifth cranial nerve
Term information
- FMA:52621
- NCIT:C33215
- MA:0001104
- EMAPA:17800
- EHDAA:3744
- MESH:D009882
- EHDAA2:0002088
- AAO:0010648
- BTO:0000926
- VHOG:0001349
- SCTID:280210000
- Wikipedia:Ophthalmic_nerve
- GAID:837
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Terminology notes. This nerve is known by a ridiculous number of names[http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/glossary/glossaryPo.html]
profundus nerve
profundal nerve
ethmoidal nerve
trigeminal nerve ophthalmic division
profundus
ciliary nerve
ophthalmic division
Term relations
- ectoderm-derived structure
- nerve of head region
- innervates some skin of face
- branching part of some trigeminal nerve
- develops from some profundal placode