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MeSH Heading: Trigeminal Nerve
Tree Number(s): A08.800.800.120.760
Unique ID: D014276
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014276
Annotation: diseases = TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES; neoplasms = TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES + CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS + histological type of neoplasm
Scope Note: The 5th and largest cranial nerve. The trigeminal nerve is a mixed motor and sensory nerve. The larger sensory part forms the ophthalmic, mandibular, and maxillary nerves which carry afferents sensitive to external or internal stimuli from the skin, muscles, and joints of the face and mouth and from the teeth. Most of these fibers originate from cells of the TRIGEMINAL GANGLION and project to the TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS of the brain stem. The smaller motor part arises from the brain stem trigeminal motor nucleus and innervates the muscles of mastication.
Entry Term(s): Cranial Nerve V; Fifth Cranial Nerve; Nerve V; Nervus Trigeminus
NLM Classification #: WL 330
See Also: Pontine Tegmentum; Trigeminal Neuralgia
Entry Combination: injuries:Trigeminal Nerve Injuries
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/04/29

Entry Combination: injuries:Trigeminal Nerve Injuries
Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0021965
Scope Note: The 5th and largest cranial nerve. The trigeminal nerve is a mixed motor and sensory nerve. The larger sensory part forms the ophthalmic, mandibular, and maxillary nerves which carry afferents sensitive to external or internal stimuli from the skin, muscles, and joints of the face and mouth and from the teeth. Most of these fibers originate from cells of the TRIGEMINAL GANGLION and project to the TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS of the brain stem. The smaller motor part arises from the brain stem trigeminal motor nucleus and innervates the muscles of mastication.
Terms: Trigeminal Nerve Preferred Term
Term UI T041793
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Fifth Cranial Nerve
Term UI T041792
Date07/31/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Cranial Nerve V
Term UI T041794
Date07/31/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Nerve V
Term UI T856794
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Nervus Trigeminus
Term UI T856795
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015)

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