Preferred Label : ophthalmic nerve;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : ophthalmic nerves; nerve, ophthalmic; nerves, ophthalmic;
MeSH annotation : 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);
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophthalmic nerve;
Origin ID : D009882;
UMLS CUI : C0029082;
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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.