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Middle meningeal nerve

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Middle meningeal nerve
Left parietal bone. Inner surface. (Nerve not labeled, but grooves visible at bottom.)
Details
InnervatesMeninges
Identifiers
Latinnervus meningeus medius
TA98A14.2.01.038
TA26217
FMA52728
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy[edit on Wikidata]

The middle meningeal nerve (meningeal or dural branch) is given off from the maxillary nerve (CN V2) directly after its origin from the trigeminal ganglion, before CN V2 enters the foramen rotundum.

It accompanies the middle meningeal artery and vein once the artery and vein enter the cranium through the foramen spinosum and supplies the dura mater.

Additional images

  • Left temporal bone. Inner surface. Left temporal bone. Inner surface.

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 889 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

The trigeminal nerve
ophthalmic (V1)
frontal
nasociliary
lacrimal
maxillary (V2)
in middle cranial fossa
in pterygopalatine fossa
mandibular (V3)
in middle cranial fossa
anterior division
posterior division
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