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. [ MP:0009798 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophthalmic_nerve ]
Synonyms: nervus ophthalmicus (V1) ramus opthalmicus profundus (ramus V1) first branch of fifth cranial nerve ophthalmic nerve [V1] ophthalmic division [V1] opthalmic nerve nervus ophthalmicus [va] ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve (V1) first division of trigeminal nerve rostral branch of trigeminal nerve nervus ophthalmicus (Va) ophthalmic division of fifth cranial nerve cranial nerve V, branch V1 ophthalmic division [Va] ophthalmic nerve [Va] nervus ophthalmicus [v1] ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve (Va) trigeminal V nerve ophthalmic division first division of fifth cranial nerve
Term information
- GAID:837
- Wikipedia:Ophthalmic_nerve
- VHOG:0001349
- MA:0001104
- SCTID:280210000
- AAO:0010648
- EHDAA2:0002088
- NCIT:C33215
- MESH:D009882
- EMAPA:17800
- FMA:52621
- EHDAA:3744
- UMLS:C0029082 (ncithesaurus:Ophthalmic_Nerve)
- BTO:0000926
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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
The profundus nerve is a distinct nerve only in fishes. (...) In mammals, the profundus nerve is the same as the most rostral (ophthalmic) branch of the trigeminal nerve.[well established][VHOG]
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