anterior ethmoidal nerve

Origin

• nasociliary nerve

Innervation

• anterior superior nasal mucosa

Course

• the nerve passes through the anterior ethmoidal foramen on the superomedial wall of the orbit into the cranial cavity, giving rise to the anterior meningeal nerves, then passes through the cribriform plate into the nasal cavity

Branches

• anterior meningeal nerve

More general terms

• peripheral nerve

Additional terms

• nasociliary nerve