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Deep temporal nerves

Deep temporal nerves
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Mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve.
Details
From mandibular nerve
Innervates Temporalis
Identifiers
Latin nervi temporales profundi
Dorlands
/Elsevier
n_05/12566883
TA A14.2.01.071
FMA 53187
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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The deep temporal nerves, branches of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve, are two in number, anterior and posterior. They pass above the upper border of the pterygoideus externus and enter the deep surface of the temporalis.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)



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