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Abstract
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.
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- Nerve, Ophthalmic
- Nerves, Ophthalmic
- Ophthalmic Nerves
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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Indexing 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)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Ophthalmic Nerve. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009882. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009882
- Ophthalmic Nerve. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophthalmic_nerve
- Ophthalmic Nerve. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1420571