Medical Definition of Orbital nerve

1. A branch of the maxillary nerve in the inferior orbital fissure through which it passes; it gives rise to two sensory branches, the zygomaticotemporal and zygomaticofacial, which supply the skin of the temporal and zygomatic regions and is continued as the communicating branch of the lacrimal nerve with the zygomatic nerve. Synonym: nervus zygomaticus, orbital nerve, temporomandibular nerve. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orbital Nerve

orbital exenteration
orbital fat-pad
orbital forming
orbital fractures
orbital gyri
orbital hernia
orbital implant
orbital index
orbital lamina of ethmoid bone
orbital layer of ethmoid bone
orbital margin of eyelids
orbital motion
orbital muscle
orbital neoplasms
orbital nerve (current term)
orbital opening
orbital ophthalmoplegia
orbital part of frontal bone
orbital part of lacrimal gland
orbital part of optic nerve
orbital part of orbicularis oculi muscle
orbital plane
orbital plate
orbital plate of ethmoid bone
orbital point
orbital process
orbital pseudotumour
orbital region
orbital ridge

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