What does the Zygomaticotemporal nerve supply?
What does the Zygomaticotemporal nerve supply?
The zygomaticotemporal nerve, arising from the maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve, innervates the skin of the temple region. The auriculotemporal nerve, derived from the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve, innervates the posterior portion of the skin of the temple.
Where is the Zygomaticotemporal nerve?
The zygomaticotemporal branch (ZTb) of the zygomatic nerve, which is a branch of the maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve, runs along the lateral wall of the orbit.
What is Zygomaticotemporal?
The zygomaticotemporal nerve is the larger of the two branches of the zygomatic nerve, from the maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve. It is primarily sensory but also relays parasympathetic fibers to the lacrimal nerve from the pterygopalatine ganglion which reach the lacrimal gland.
What does the zygomaticofacial nerve innervate?
The zygomaticofacial nerve runs along the lower outer aspect of the orbit, and arrives onto the surface of the face through a foramen in the zygomatic bone. It then passes through the orbicularis oculi and innervates the skin over the prominence of the cheek.
Which nerve exits through the Zygomaticofacial foramen?
zygomatic nerve
The zygomaticofacial branch (ZFb) of the zygomatic nerve passes through the lateral wall of the orbit anterolaterally and traverses the zygomaticofacial foramen (ZFFOUT).
What is lacrimal artery?
49927. Anatomical terminology. The lacrimal artery is an artery of the orbit around the eye. It arises close to the optic foramen, and is a branch of the ophthalmic artery. It accompanies the lacrimal nerve along the upper border of the lateral rectus muscle.
What is the zygomatic nerve branch?
The zygomatic nerve is a branch of the maxillary nerve, itself a branch of the trigeminal nerve (CN V). It travels through the orbit and divides into branches that provide sensory innervation to skin over the zygomatic and temporal bones. Lateral view of the nerves of the orbit.
