The opthalmic nerve is a sensory nerve composed of '''general somatic afferent fibres''' and passes through the '''orbital fissue'''. As it enters the orbit of the eye it splits further into the '''lacrimal nerve''', the '''frontal nerve''', the '''nasociliary nerve''' and the '''infratrochlear nerve'''. Therefore the nerve supplies sensory fibres to many aspects of the eye orbit. | The opthalmic nerve is a sensory nerve composed of '''general somatic afferent fibres''' and passes through the '''orbital fissue'''. As it enters the orbit of the eye it splits further into the '''lacrimal nerve''', the '''frontal nerve''', the '''nasociliary nerve''' and the '''infratrochlear nerve'''. Therefore the nerve supplies sensory fibres to many aspects of the eye orbit. |