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====Trigeminal nerve (V)====
====Trigeminal nerve (V)====
The trigeminal nerve is part of the cranial nerve group responsible for innervation of structures originating from branchial arches. The trigeminal nerve nuclei is in the area of the '''pons''' and '''medulla oblongata''' and is the nerve of the 1st branchial arch. The trigeminal nerve provides sensory innervation of cutaneous elements of the face, cornea, mucosa of the nasal septum and mucosa of the oral cavity. It also provides motor fibres to structures also associated with the 1st branchial arch, which are the muscles of mastication (''temporalis'', ''masseter'', ''medial and lateral pterygoids'' and ''rostral digastricus''. There are three primary branches of the trigeminal nerve; the '''Opthalmic nerve (V1)''', the ''' Maxillary nerve (V2)''' and the '''Mandibular nerve (V3)'''.
=====Opthalmic nerve (V1)=====
The opthalmic nerve is a sensory nerve composed of '''general somatic afferent fibres''' and passes through the [[Skull and Facial Muscles - Anatomy & Physiology#Major Foramen and Canals|'''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.
=====Maxillary nerve (V2)====
The maxillary nerve is a sensory nerve composed of '''general somatic afferent fibres'''. The maxillary nerve passes through the [[Skull and Facial Muscles - Anatomy & Physiology#Major Foramen and Canals|'''round foramen''']] and the [[Skull and Facial Muscles - Anatomy & Physiology#Major Foramen and Canals|'''alar canal''']]. It also runs across the wall of the '''pterygopalatine fossa''' and enters the '''infraorbital canal''' via the '''maxillary foramen'''. Whilst in the infraorbital canal, the maxillary nerve branch then branches further into the '''infraorbital nerve''' which supplies sensory fibres to the teeth. On exiting the infraorbital canal via the infraorbital foramen, the maxillary nerve branches again into the '''zygomatic nerve''' which supplies sensory fibres to the horn and to the '''pterygopalatine nerve''' supplying sensory fibres to the palate.
=====Mandibular nerve (V3)=====
The mandibular nerve is a mixed sensory '''general somatic afferent fibres''' and motor '''general somatic efferent''' nerves. The mandibular nerve passes through the [[Skull_and_Facial_Muscles_-_Anatomy_%26_Physiology#Major_Foramen_and_Canals|'''oval foramen''']]. It provides motor branches to the [[Mastication|masticatory muscles]], the [[Larynx - Anatomy & Physiology#Intrinsic Musculature|ventral throat]] and [[Tongue - Anatomy & Physiology#Muscles|muscles of the palate]]. The mandibular nerve further branches into the '''masticatory nerve''', the '''masseteric nerve''' and the '''temporal nerve'''. The mandibular nerve provides sensory branches called the '''buccal nerve''', the '''auriculotemporal nerve''', and then itself divides into two smaller branches; the '''lingual nerve''' and the '''inferior alveolar nerve'''. The '''lingual nerve''' receives sensory taste fibres and also connects some sensory taste fibres to parasympathetic salivary glands via the [[Tongue - Anatomy & Physiology#Innervation|'''chorda tympani''']]. Via the chorda tympani branch, the mandibular branch supplies sensory fibres related to taste to the rostral 2/3 of the tongue. The lingual branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve supplies sensory fibres to the caudal 1/3 of the tongue.
====Opthalmic nerve (V1)====
====Opthalmic nerve (V1)====
====Maxillary nerve (V2====
====Maxillary nerve (V2====