| Supraorbital nerve | |
|---|---|
 Nerves of the orbit seen from above (supraorbital nerve labeled at upper right) | |
| Details | |
| From | Frontal nerve |
| Innervates | Skin of forehead, upper eyelid and scalp till cranial vertex, conjunctiva of upper eyelid, frontal sinus |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | nervus supraorbitalis |
| TA98 | A14.2.01.021 |
| TA2 | 6200 |
| FMA | 52655 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The supraorbital nerve is one of two terminal branches - the other being the supratrochlear nerve - of the frontal nerve (itself a branch of the ophthalmic nerve (CN V1)).[1] It exits the orbit via the supraorbital foramen/notch before splitting into a medial branch and a lateral branch. It innervates the skin of the forehead, upper eyelid, and the root of the nose.[2]
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- ^ "supraorbital nerve - Dictionnaire médical de l'Académie de Médecine". www.academie-medecine.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-24.