Infratrochlear nerve

Infratrochlear nerve

Sensory areas of the head, showing the general distribution of the three divisions of the fifth nerve. (Infratrochlear nerve labeled at center left.)

Nerves of the orbit, and the ciliary ganglion. Side view.
Details
From Nasociliary nerve
Identifiers
Latin Nervus infratrochlearis
Dorlands
/Elsevier
n_05/12565921
TA A14.2.01.035
FMA 52693

Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The infratrochlear nerve is given off from the nasociliary nerve just before it enters the anterior ethmoidal foramen.

It runs forward along the upper border of the medial rectus, and is joined, near the pulley of the superior oblique, by a filament from the supratrochlear nerve.

It then passes to the medial commissure of the eye, and supplies the skin of the upper eyelids and bridge of the nose, the conjunctiva, lacrimal sac and caruncle.

Etymology

Infratrochlear means "below the trochlea". The term trochlea means "pulley" in Latin. Specifically, the trochlea referred to is a bony loop at the inner and upper corner of the eye socket (trochlea of superior oblique), through which the tendon of the superior oblique muscle passes.

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References

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

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