Infraorbital nerve

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Nerve: Infraorbital nerve
Left orbicularis oculi, seen from behind. (Infraorbital nerve labeled at lower left.)
Sensory areas of the head, showing the general distribution of the three divisions of the fifth nerve. (Infraorbital nerve labeled at center left, at the nose.)
Latin	n. infraorbitalis
Gray's	subject #200 889
From	maxillary nerve
Dorlands / Elsevier	n_05/12565913

After the maxillary nerve enters the infraorbital canal, the nerve is frequently called the infraorbital nerve. This nerve innervates the lower eyelid, upper lip, and part of the vestibule and exits the infraorbital foramen of the maxilla.

[edit] See also

• infraorbital artery
• external nasal nerve

[edit] Additional images

Mandibular division of the trifacial nerve.

The nerves of the scalp, face, and side of neck.

Outline of side of face, showing chief surface markings.

An illustration of the path of the Maxillary nerve.

[edit] External links

• SUNY Labs 33:08-0104
• Norman/Georgetown lesson3
• MedEd at Loyola GrossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cnb2.htm
• Infraorbital+nerve at eMedicine Dictionary
• Norman/Georgetown lesson3 (orbit6)

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v • d • e The cranial nerves: trigeminal nerve ophthalmic (V1) frontal: supratrochlear - supraorbital (lateral branch, medial branch) nasociliary: long ciliary - infratrochlear - posterior ethmoidal - anterior ethmoidal (external nasal, internal nasal) - sensory root of ciliary ganglion (ciliary ganglion) lacrimal maxillary (V2) in meninges middle meningeal in pterygopalatine fossa zygomatic (zygomaticotemporal, zygomaticofacial) - pterygopalatine (pterygopalatine ganglion see below for details) - posterior superior alveolar in infraorbital canal infraorbital nerve: superior alveolar (middle, anterior) - internal nasal branches on face inferior palpebral - external nasal - superior labial (infraorbital plexus) mandibular (V3) in meninges meningeal anterior to muscles of mastication (medial pterygoid/to tensor veli palatini, lateral pterygoid, masseteric, deep temporal) - buccal posterior auriculotemporal (otic ganglion) - lingual (submandibular ganglion) - inferior alveolar (mylohyoid, mental)