ophthalmic nerve

ophthalmic nerve

English

Noun

ophthalmic nerve (plural ophthalmic nerves)

1. (neuroanatomy) One of the three major branches or divisions of the trigeminal nerve that supply sensory fibers to the lacrimal gland, eyelids, ciliary muscle, nose, forehead, and adjoining parts.

   Coordinate terms: mandibular nerve, maxillary nerve

   Meronyms: frontal nerve, lacrimal nerve, nasociliary nerve

Translations

branch of trigeminal nerve

Chinese: Mandarin: 眼神經／眼神经 (zh) (yǎn shénjīng)

References

• “ophthalmic nerve”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary