Posterior ethmoidal nerve

Posterior ethmoidal nerve
The ophthalmic artery and its branches. (Nerve not pictured, but location is similar to artery.)
Details
FromNasociliary nerve
InnervatesSphenoidal sinus, ethmoidal sinus
Identifiers
Latinnervus ethmoidalis posterior
TA98A14.2.01.028
TA26207
FMA52714
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.