"Ophthalmic Nerve" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A sensory branch of the trigeminal (5th cranial) nerve. The ophthalmic nerve carries general afferents from the superficial division of the face including the eyeball, conjunctiva, upper eyelid, upper nose, nasal mucosa, and scalp.
| Descriptor ID |
D009882
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.120.760.650
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| Concept/Terms |
Ophthalmic Nerve- Ophthalmic Nerve
- Nerve, Ophthalmic
- Nerves, Ophthalmic
- Ophthalmic Nerves
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