Maxillary Nerve
"Maxillary Nerve" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The intermediate sensory division of the trigeminal (5th cranial) nerve. The maxillary nerve carries general afferents from the intermediate region of the face including the lower eyelid, nose and upper lip, the maxillary teeth, and parts of the dura.
| Descriptor ID |
D008442
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.120.760.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Maxillary Nerve- Maxillary Nerve
- Maxillary Nerves
- Nerve, Maxillary
- Nerves, Maxillary
Alveolar Nerve, Superior- Alveolar Nerve, Superior
- Alveolar Nerves, Superior
- Nerve, Superior Alveolar
- Nerves, Superior Alveolar
- Superior Alveolar Nerve
- Superior Alveolar Nerves
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