Nervus spinosus

Meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve
Sphenoid bone. Upper surface. (Foramen spinosum labeled left, second from bottom.)
Details
From	mandibular nerve
Innervates	meninges
Identifiers
Latin	ramus meningeus nervi mandibularis
Dorlands /Elsevier	r_02/12690892
TA	A14.2.01.065
FMA	53047
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy []

The meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve (recurrent branch, nervus spinosus) is a branch of the mandibular nerve that supplies the dura mater.

It enters the skull through the foramen spinosum with the middle meningeal artery.

It divides into two branches, anterior and posterior, which accompany the main divisions of the artery and supply the dura mater:

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