TRIGEMINAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trigeminal mean? 

• TRIGEMINAL (noun)
  The noun TRIGEMINAL has 1 sense:

1. the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication

  Familiarity information: TRIGEMINAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIGEMINAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

fifth cranial nerve; nervus trigeminus; trigeminal; trigeminal nerve; trigeminus

Hypernyms ("trigeminal" is a kind of...):

cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)

 Context examples 

A meningioma that affects the trigeminal ganglion.

(Gasserian Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

For example, nerve diseases like trigeminal neuralgia or Bell's palsysometimes cause facial pain, spasms and trouble with eye or facial movement.

(Facial Injuries and Disorders, NIH)

Example(s): spinal ganglion, trigeminal ganglion, superior cervical ganglion, celiac ganglion, inferior hypogastric (pelvic) ganglion.

(Ganglion, NCI Thesaurus/UWDA)

Its analgesic activity is not understood; however, carbamazepine is commonly used to treat pain associated with trigeminal neuralgia.

(Carbamazepine, NCI Thesaurus)

Furthermore, the activation of 5-HT1D receptors on sensory nerve endings of the trigeminal system results in the inhibition of pro-inflammatory neuropeptide release.

(Ergotamine, NCI Thesaurus)

The fourth ventricle lies dorsal to the pons which also contains the motor trigeminal nuclei and the abducens nuclei.

(Murine Pons, NCI Thesaurus)

Naratriptan hydrochloride may also exerts its effect by stimulation of 5-HT1D/1B receptors on sensory nerve endings in the trigeminal system thereby decreasing the release of pro-inflammatory neuropeptides.

(Naratriptan Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

This drug may also exerts its effects by binding to and activating 5-HT 1D receptors on sensory nerve endings in the trigeminal system, which results in the inhibition of pro-inflammatory neuropeptide release.

(Eletriptan Hydrobromide, NCI Thesaurus)

A form of herpes zoster infection characterized by dermatitis of the skin of the eyelid due to reactivation of latent virus associated with the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve.

(Herpes Zoster Dermatitis of Eyelid, NCI Thesaurus)

However, it has also been proposed that dihydroergotamine mesylate acts upon 5-HT1D receptors on sensory nerve endings of the trigeminal system, thereby decreasing the release of pro-inflammatory neuropeptide release.

(Dihydroergotamine Mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)