Inferior palpebral nerve | |
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Details | |
From | Infraorbital nerve |
Identifiers | |
Latin | Rami palpebrales inferiores nervi infraorbitalis |
Dorlands /Elsevier |
r_02/12691369 |
TA | A14.2.01.060 |
FMA | 52983 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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The Inferior palpebral nerve (inferior palpebral branches) ascend behind the orbicularis oculi.
They supply the skin and conjunctiva of the lower eyelid, joining at the lateral angle of the orbit with the facial and zygomaticofacial nerves.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)