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Descriptor English: Ophthalmic Nerve
Descriptor Spanish: Nervio Oftálmico
Descriptor nervio oftálmico
Scope note: Rama sensitiva del nervio trigémino (quinto par craneal). El nervio oftálmico transmite impulsos aferentes desde el área superficial del rostro, incluido el globo ocular, la conjuntiva, el párpado superior, la región nasal alta, la mucosa nasal y el cuero cabelludo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Nervo Oftálmico
Descriptor French: Nerf ophtalmique
Entry term(s): Nerve, Ophthalmic
Nerves, Ophthalmic
Ophthalmic Nerves
Tree number(s): A08.800.800.120.760.650
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009882
Scope note: A sensory branch of the trigeminal (5th cranial) nerve. The ophthalmic nerve carries general afferents from the superficial division of the face including the eyeball, conjunctiva, upper eyelid, upper nose, nasal mucosa, and scalp.
Annotation: a branch of the trigeminal (5th cranial) nerve; dis: coord IM with CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES (IM); neopl: coord IM with CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histol type of neopl (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 10075
Unique ID: D009882
NLM Classification: WL 330
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1998/06/10
Ophthalmic Nerve - Preferred
Concept UI M0015326
Scope note A sensory branch of the trigeminal (5th cranial) nerve. The ophthalmic nerve carries general afferents from the superficial division of the face including the eyeball, conjunctiva, upper eyelid, upper nose, nasal mucosa, and scalp.
Preferred term Ophthalmic Nerve
Entry term(s) Nerve, Ophthalmic
Nerves, Ophthalmic
Ophthalmic Nerves



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