TRIGEMINAL NERVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trigeminal nerve mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIGEMINAL NERVE (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 nerve" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

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)

A brown, blue, or gray hamartoma of dermal melanocytes, usually on the skin of the face along the distribution of the ophthalmic and maxillary branches of the trigeminal nerve that is most commonly found in Asian populations and in females and is usually benign.

(Nevus of Ota, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called trigeminal nerve.

(Fifth cranial nerve, NCI Dictionary)

The largest of three branches of the trigeminal nerve containing both sensory and motor neurons that project to the tongue, the lower face, lip, teeth and gums as well as the temple and external ear.

(Inferior Maxillary Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)

Almotriptan may also relieve vascular headaches by preventing the release of vasoactive neuropeptides from perivascular trigeminal axons in the dura mater during a migraine, by reducing extravasation of plasma proteins, and by decreasing the release of other mediators of inflammation from the trigeminal nerve.

(Almotriptan, NCI Thesaurus)

It is structurally continuous with the sclera, is avascular, receiving its nourishment by permeation through spaces between the lamellae, and is innervated by the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve via the ciliary nerves and those of the surrounding conjunctiva which together form plexuses.

(Murine Cornea, NCI Thesaurus)