Lecture 4: trigeminal nerver (CN5) Flashcards
resident fibers of CN 5
- general somatic afferent (GSA): general sensation from the face
- special visceral efferent (SVE): muscles of the 1st pharyngeal arch
acquired fibers of CN 5
- special afferent (SA): taste
- general visceral efferent (GVE): parasympathetic fibers to smooth muscle
CN 5 path
courses anteriorly to reach the middle cranial fossa
location of the trigeminal ganglion
-trigeminal impression/ trigeminal cave/ meckel’s cave
V1 exits the cranial cavity via the
superior orbital fissure
V2 exits the cranial cavity via the
foramen rotundum
V3 exits the cranial cavity via the
foramen ovale
V1
ophthalmic nerve
branches off V1
- meningeal branch
- lacrimal nerve
- frontal nerve
- nasociliary nerve
meningeal branch (v1)
is a sensory branch that emerges from v1 before it transverses the superior orbital fissure
before traversing the superior orbital fissure the ophthalmic nerve (v1)
branches into the lacrimal, frontal, and nasociliary nerves
lacrimal nerve (v1)
travels along the lateral border of the orbit to reach the lacrimal gland and the lateral eye
frontal nerve (v1)
branches into the supratrochlear and supraorbital nerves
supratrochlear and supraorbital nerves
course anteriorly though the orbit and emerge superior to the eye with same named arteries
nasocilliary nerve
travels in a plane deep to the lacrimal and frontal nerves
nasocilliary nerve branches
- sensory root –> ciliary ganglion –> short ciliary nerves
- long ciliary nerves
- posterior ehtmoidal nerve
- anterior ethemoidal nerve
- infratrocheal nerve
posterior ethmoidal nerve
exits the orbit via the posterior ethmoidal foramen
anterior ethmoidal nerve
- exits the orbit via the anterior ethmoidal foramen
- gives rise to internal and external nasal branches