Nerve/ blood Supply Flashcards
What is the trigeminal nerve?
It is a mixed nerve
Containing sensory parts for taste and pain and motor parts for movement
Where does the trigeminal nerve supply?
The jaw, teeth, nose, face, muscles of mastication and forehead
What is the foramen?
A hole in the bone which the nerve supply goes through
How does the maxillary branch leave the skull?
Though a hole called the foramen rotundum
What is the 7th facial nerve?
A mixed nerve which is sensory and motor and supplies the anterior tongue and muscles of facial expression
What is the 9th glossopharyngeal nerve?
A mixed nerve that supplies the tongue and pharynx
Gives sensation to the tongue
What is the 12th hyposglossal nerve?
A motor nerve to the muscles of the tongue
What artery does the does the bloody supply to the shop real cavity come from?
Carotid artery
What is the trigeminal ganglion?
A collection of nerves held just above the cheek bone
What main branches does the trigeminal ganglion split into?
- Ophthalmic to the eye
- Maxillary to the upper jaw/maxillae
- Mandibular to the lower jaw/ mandible
What does the ophthalmic nerve supply?
The forehead and eye
What does the maxillary nerve supply?
Upper jaw
What does the mandibular nerve supply?
Lower jaw (mandible)
What does the maxillary nerve split into?
The nasal nerve (nose)
Labial nerve (top lip)
All upper teeth- the superior dental nerve
What does the superior dental nerve split into?
The posterior superior dental nerve- feeding teeth 8-6
Middle superior dental nerve- feeding teeth 6-3
Anterior superior dental nerve- feeding front teeth- 3-1
What is another name for long sphenopalatine nerve?
The naso palatine nerve
Which nerve supplies the front of the palate?
The long sphenopalatine/ naso palatine nerve which comes through the incisive foramen