deep temporal nerve
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0011327
The deep temporal nerves, branches of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve, are two in number, anterior and posterior. They pass above the upper border of the pterygoideus externus and enter the deep surface of the temporalis. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_temporal_nerves ]
Synonyms: nervi temporales profundi
Term info
- Wikipedia:Deep_temporal_nerves
- FMA:53187
- SCTID:280255007
deep temporal nerve
uberon
UBERON:0011327
Deep temporal nerve, deep temporal nerve
Term relations
- nerve of head region
- innervates some temporalis muscle
- part of some mandibular nerve
- branching part of some mandibular nerve