Posterior ethmoidal nerve | |
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Details | |
From | Nasociliary nerve |
Innervates | Sphenoidal sinus, ethmoidal sinus |
Identifiers | |
Latin | nervus ethmoidalis posterior |
TA98 | A14.2.01.028 |
TA2 | 6207 |
FMA | 52714 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
The posterior ethmoidal nerve is a nerve of the head. It is a branch of the nasociliary nerve (itself a branch of the ophthalmic nerve (CN V1)). It provides sensory innervation to the sphenoid sinus and ethmoid sinus, and part of the dura mater in the anterior cranial fossa.