Deep temporal nerves

Deep temporal nerves
File:Deep temporal.png Mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve.
Details
Latin	nervi temporales profundi
From	mandibular nerve
Innervates	Temporalis
Identifiers
Dorlands /Elsevier	n_05/12566883
TA
TH	{{#property:P1694}}
TE	{{#property:P1693}}
FMA	{{#property:P1402}}
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [[[d:|edit on Wikidata]]]

The deep temporal nerves, branches of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve, are two in number, anterior and posterior. They pass above the upper border of the pterygoideus externus and enter the deep surface of the temporalis.

Branches

• The posterior branch, of small size, is placed at the back of the temporal fossa, and sometimes arises in common with the masseteric nerve.
• The anterior branch is frequently given off from the buccinator nerve, and then turns upward over the upper head of the pterygoideus externus.
• Frequently a third or intermediate branch is present.

See also

• Deep temporal arteries

References

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

External links

• lesson4 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (mandibularnerve)