Inferior palpebral nerve - Misplaced Pages

Inferior palpebral nerve
Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion.
Details
From	Infraorbital nerve
Identifiers
Latin	rami palpebrales inferiores nervi infraorbitalis
TA98	A14.2.01.060
TA2	6242
FMA	52983
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy[edit on Wikidata]

The inferior palpebral nerve (inferior palpebral branches) ascend behind the orbicularis oculi.

They supply the skin and conjunctiva of the lower eyelid, joining at the lateral angle of the orbit with the facial and zygomaticofacial nerves.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 891 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

frontal	supratrochlear supraorbital
nasociliary	long ciliary infratrochlear posterior ethmoidal anterior ethmoidal external nasal sensory root of ciliary ganglion ciliary ganglion
lacrimal

in middle cranial fossa	middle meningeal
in pterygopalatine fossa	zygomatic zygomaticotemporal zygomaticofacial infraorbital posterior superior alveolar middle superior alveolar anterior superior alveolar

in middle cranial fossa	meningeal
anterior division	to muscles of mastication medial pterygoid/to tensor veli palatini lateral pterygoid masseteric deep temporal buccal
posterior division	auriculotemporal otic ganglion lingual submandibular ganglion inferior alveolar mylohyoid mental

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