Definition: The intermediate sensory division of the trigeminal (5th cranial) nerve. The maxillary nerve carries general afferents from the intermediate region of the face including the lower eyelid, nose and upper lip, the maxillary teeth, and parts of the dura.
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)
Other names Alveolar Nerve, Superior; Superior Alveolar Nerves; Superior Alveolar Nerve; Nerves, Superior Alveolar; Nerves, Maxillary; Nerve, Superior Alveolar; Nerve, Maxillary; Maxillary Nerves; Alveolar Nerves, Superior
