Nervous system & sense organs
Ophthalmic nerve
Nervus ophthalmicus
- System
- Nervous system & sense organs
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Trigeminal nerve (V)
DescriptionUnreviewed
The ophthalmic nerve (V1) is a sensory nerve of the face.
It is one of three divisions of the trigeminal nerve (CN V).
It has three branches that provide sensory innervation to the eye, the skin of the upper face, and the skin of the anterior scalp.
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Names
- Latin
- Nervus ophthalmicus
- English
- Ophthalmic nerve
- French
- Nerf ophtalmique
- Spanish
- Nervio oftálmico
- Portuguese
- Nervo oftálmico