Anterior ethmoidal nerve
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Nerve: Anterior ethmoidal nerve
The ophthalmic artery and its branches. (Nerve not pictured, but location is similar to artery.)
Latin	nervus ethmoidalis anterior
Gray's	subject #200 888
From	nasociliary nerve

The anterior ethmoidal nerve is a nerve which provides sensory branches to the nasal cavity.¹ The branches it gives rise to are called the internal and external nasal branches of the anterior ethmoidal nerve, and the external branch ultimately innervates skin on the lateral sides of the nose.

See also

• anterior ethmoidal artery
• ethmoidal foramina

Specifically, innervates the septum of the nasal cavity.

References

1. ^ Norman/Georgetown lesson9

External links

• Anterior+ethmoidal+nerve at eMedicine Dictionary
• MedEd at Loyola GrossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cnb1.htm
• Norman/Georgetown cranialnerves (V)
• http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_45/45-6.HTM

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