Preferred Label : trigeminal nerve;
Uberon definition : Cranial nerve that has three branches - the ophthalmic (supplying the skin of the
nose and upper jaw), the maxillary and the mandibular (supplying the lower jaw).;
Uberon synonym : trigeminal nerve [V]; trigeminal V; trigeminal nerve tree; trigeminal v nerve; fifth cranial nerve;
Uberon related term : cranial nerve V; trigeminus; CN-V; nerve V; nervus trigeminus;
Uberon broad term : 5n;
Uberon Homology note : We conclude this section by listing some of the many synapomorphies of craniates,
including (...) (5) cranial nerves (...) (reference 1); Phylogenetically, the cranial
nerves are thought to have evolved from dorsal and ventral nerves of a few anterior
spinal nerves that became incorporated into the braincase. Dorsal and ventral nerves
fuse in the trunk but not in the head, and they produce two series: dorsal cranial
nerves (V, VII, IX, and X) and ventral cranial nerves (III, IV, VI, and XIII) (reference
2).[well established][VHOG];
Uberon Taxon note : the ophthalmic usually usually merges with the other two. In some vertebrates, the
ophthalmic emerges from the brain separately[Kardong] The trigeminal nerve has 3 branches
in mammals - similar branches are present in nonmammalian vertebrates, but in some
a separate profundus nerve that corresponds to opthalmic branch in mammls;
Origin ID : 0001645;
UMLS CUI : C0040996;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Uberon cross reference
- has branching part
- has developmental contribution from
- has part
- innervated by
- innervates
Cranial nerve that has three branches - the ophthalmic (supplying the skin of the
nose and upper jaw), the maxillary and the mandibular (supplying the lower jaw).
