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ophthalmic nerve

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The sensory nerve subdivision of the trigeminal nerve that transmits sensory information from the orbit and its contents, the nasal cavity and the skin of the nose and forehead. [ MP:0009798 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophthalmic_nerve ]

Synonyms: nervus ophthalmicus (V1), ramus opthalmicus profundus (ramus V1), first branch of fifth cranial nerve, ophthalmic nerve [V1], ophthalmic division [V1], opthalmic nerve, nervus ophthalmicus [va], ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve (V1), first division of trigeminal nerve, rostral branch of trigeminal nerve, nervus ophthalmicus (Va), ophthalmic division of fifth cranial nerve, cranial nerve V, branch V1, ophthalmic division [Va], ophthalmic nerve [Va], nervus ophthalmicus [v1], ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve (Va), trigeminal V nerve ophthalmic division, first division of fifth cranial nerve

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pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000001

Sensory medial ramus of the trigeminal nerve.[AAO]

UBPROP 0000003

The profundus nerve is a distinct nerve only in fishes. (...) In mammals, the profundus nerve is the same as the most rostral (ophthalmic) branch of the trigeminal nerve.[well established][VHOG]

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Terminology notes. This nerve is known by a ridiculous number of names[http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/glossary/glossaryPo.html]

has related synonym

profundus nerve, profundal nerve, ethmoidal nerve, trigeminal nerve ophthalmic division, profundus, ciliary nerve, ophthalmic division

id

UBERON:0000348

prefLabel

Ophthalmic nerve, ophthalmic nerve

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606