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Meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve

Meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve

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The meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve (also known as the nervus spinosus)[1] is a sensory branch of the mandibular nerve (CN V3) that enters the middle cranial fossa through either the foramen spinosum or foramen ovale to innervate the meninges of this fossa as well as the mastoid air cells.[2]

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Branches

It divides into two branches - anterior and posterior - which accompany the main divisions of the middle meningeal artery and supply the dura mater:[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 894.
  2. [2]
    Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). p. 364. ISBN 978-0-7295-3752-0.


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