Meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve

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.

Course

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:

References

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

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