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Preferred term

Ophthalmic Nerve  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • a branch of the trigeminal (5th cranial) nerve; dis: coord IM with CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES (IM); neopl: coord IM with CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histol type of neopl (IM)

Scope note

  • A sensory branch of the trigeminal (5th cranial) nerve. The ophthalmic nerve carries general afferents from the superficial division of the face including the eyeball, conjunctiva, upper eyelid, upper nose, nasal mucosa, and scalp.

In other languages

  • silmähermo

    Finnish

  • n. ophthalmicus
  • nervus ophthalmicus
  • ophthalmicus
  • Ögonnerv

    Swedish

  • Nervus ophthalmicus

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009882

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