Dental Nerves Flashcards
The trigeminal nerve supplies?
The teeth the jaw and the face
What is the 5th cranial nerve
The trigeminal nerve
What size is the trigeminal nerve
It is the largest of the 12 cranial nerves
What type of nerve is the tigeminal nerve
Both sensory and motor
The trigeminal nerve is sensory for what areas of the head
Scalp teeth and nose
The trigeminal nerve is motor to
Muscles of mastication
Name the three branches of the trigeminal nerve
Ophthalmic, maxillary and mandibular
The ophthalmic branch supplies what organ
The eye
The maxillary nerve supplies
Upper jaw, upper teeth and the upper part of the face
What type of nerve is the maxillary nerve
Sensory
The 3 main branches of the maxillary nerve supplying the teeth are called
Posterior superior dental nerve
Middle superior dental nerve
Anterior superior dental nerve
What does the anterior superior dental nerve supply
Upper incisors and canines and the labial gingiva
What does the middle superior dental nerve supple
Upper premolars and the medial part of the 1st upper molars. It also supplies the buccal gingiva in these areas
What does the posterior superior dental nerve supply
This supplies the remaining part of the 1st upper molars and 2nd and 3rd molars. It also supplies the buccal gingiva in these areas.
The mandibular nerve has what function
Sensory and motor
The mandibular nerve provides sensory functions to what
Lower jaw, lower teeth and the lower part of the face
The mandibular nerve provides motor functions to what
The muscles of mastication
How does the mandibular nerve pass down from the base of the skull
Along the inside of the Ramus of the mandible
Name the 4 branches it the mandibular nerve
Inferior dental nerve
Lingual nerve
Long buccal nerve
Mental nerve
Describe where the inferior dental nerve enters the mandible
Mandibular foramen
What is the name of the canal that caries the nerve along the mandible
Inferior dental canal
The mental nerve comes out of the mandible at what point
The mental foramen
The 3rd branch of the mandibular branch is called
The long buccal nerve supplying the gingiva to lower premolars and 1st lower molar area
The long buccal nerve is found where.
The outer side if the Ramus
