| Nerve: Supraorbital nerve | |
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| Nerves of the orbit. Seen from above. (Supraorbital nerve labeled at upper right.) | |
| The tarsi and their ligaments. Right eye; front view. (Supraorbital nerve labeled at upper right.) | |
| Latin | nervus supraorbitalis |
| Gray's | subject #200 888 |
| Innervates | frontal sinus |
| From | ophthalmic division, frontal nerve |
The supraorbital nerve is a terminal branch of the frontal nerve.
It passes through the supraorbital foramen, and gives off, in this situation, palpebral filaments to the upper eyelid. Additionally it supplies the conjunctiva of the eye, the frontal sinus and the skin from the forehead extending back to the middle of the scalp.
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It then ascends upon the forehead, and ends in two branches, a medial and a lateral, which supply the integument of the scalp, reaching nearly as far back as the lambdoidal suture; they are at first situated beneath the Frontalis:
Both branches supply small twigs to the pericranium.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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