Medical Definition of Nervus ethmoidalis anterior

1. A branch of the nasociliary nerve; passes through anterior ethmoidal foramen on superomedial wall of orbit into cranial cavity, giving rise to anterior meningeal nerves, then passes through cribriform plates into nasal cavity, supplying anterosuperior nasal mucosa. Synonym: nervus ethmoidalis anterior. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nervus Ethmoidalis Anterior

nervus cutaneus antebrachii posterior
nervus cutaneus brachii lateralis inferior
nervus cutaneus brachii lateralis superior
nervus cutaneus brachii medialis
nervus cutaneus brachii posterior
nervus cutaneus dorsalis intermedius
nervus cutaneus dorsalis lateralis
nervus cutaneus dorsalis medialis
nervus cutaneus femoris lateralis
nervus cutaneus surae lateralis
nervus cutaneus surae medialis
nervus dorsalis scapulae
nervus ethmoidalis anterior (current term)
nervus ethmoidalis posterior
nervus facialis
nervus femoralis
nervus fibularis communis
nervus fibularis profundus
nervus fibularis superficialis
nervus frontalis
nervus furcalis
nervus glossopharyngeus
nervus gluteus inferior
nervus gluteus superior
nervus haemorrhoidalis
nervus hypogastricus

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