Inferior palpebral nerve

Inferior palpebral nerve

Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion.
Details
From Infraorbital nerve
Identifiers
Latin Rami palpebrales inferiores nervi infraorbitalis
TA A14.2.01.060
FMA 52983

Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The Inferior palpebral nerve (inferior palpebral branches) ascend behind the orbicularis oculi.

They supply the skin and conjunctiva of the lower eyelid, joining at the lateral angle of the orbit with the facial and zygomaticofacial nerves.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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