Sensory nerve to cornea?

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Sensory nerve to cornea?

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Corneal sensation is carried by sensory fibers of the trigeminal nerve, specifically from the nasociliary nerve, a branch of the ophthalmic division (V1). The nasociliary gives off the long ciliary nerves that reach the cornea and transmit touch, pain, and temperature information. The frontal nerve mainly supplies the forehead and eyelids, and the lacrimal nerve supplies the lacrimal gland and lateral conjunctiva, so they do not provide the cornea’s sensory innervation. The ophthalmic division is the broader root of sensation for structures in the orbit, but the direct corneal afferents come from the nasociliary branch.

Corneal sensation is carried by sensory fibers of the trigeminal nerve, specifically from the nasociliary nerve, a branch of the ophthalmic division (V1). The nasociliary gives off the long ciliary nerves that reach the cornea and transmit touch, pain, and temperature information. The frontal nerve mainly supplies the forehead and eyelids, and the lacrimal nerve supplies the lacrimal gland and lateral conjunctiva, so they do not provide the cornea’s sensory innervation. The ophthalmic division is the broader root of sensation for structures in the orbit, but the direct corneal afferents come from the nasociliary branch.

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