Palpebral branches of infratrochlear nerve
Rami palpebrales nervi infratrochlearis
- Related terms: Palpebral branches
Definition
The infratrochlear nerve (n. infratrochlearis) is given off from the nasociliary just before it enters the anterior ethmoidal foramen. It runs forward along the upper border of the Rectus medialis, and is joined, near the pulley of the Obliquus superior, by a filament from the supratrochlear nerve. It then passes to the medial angle of the eye, and supplies the skin of the eyelids and side of the nose, the conjunctiva, lacrimal sac, and caruncula lacrimalis. Palpebral branches supply the medial portion of the upper and lower eyelids.
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