Superior orbital nerve

Supraorbital nerve
Nerves of the orbit seen from above (supraorbital nerve labeled at upper right)
The tarsi and their ligaments. Right eye; front view. (Supraorbital nerve labeled at upper right.)
Details
From	Ophthalmic division, frontal nerve
Innervates	frontal sinus
Identifiers
Latin	Nervus supraorbitalis
TA	A14.2.01.021
FMA	52655
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy []

The supraorbital nerve is a terminal branch of the frontal nerve.

It passes through the supraorbital foramen, and gives off, in this situation, palpebral filaments to the upper eyelid. Additionally it supplies the conjunctiva of the eye, the frontal sinus and the skin from the forehead extending back to the middle of the scalp.

It then ascends upon the forehead, and ends in two branches, a medial and a lateral, which supply the integument of the scalp, reaching nearly as far back as the lambdoidal suture; they are at first situated beneath the frontalis:

Both branches supply small twigs to the pericranium.

Sensory areas of the head, showing the general distribution of the three divisions of the fifth nerve.

The nerves of the scalp, face, and side of neck.

Outline of side of face, showing chief surface markings.

supraorbital nerve

Extrinsic eye muscle. Nerves of orbita. Deep dissection.

Extrinsic eye muscle. Nerves of orbita. Deep dissection.

Extrinsic eye muscle. Nerves of orbita. Deep dissection.

Extrinsic eye muscle. Nerves of orbita. Deep dissection.

Extrinsic eye muscle. Nerves of orbita. Deep dissection.

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