Tags: Anatomical Structure, Nerve.

The posterior ethmoidal nerve is a branch of the nasociliary nerve.It passes through the posterior ethmoidal foramen with the posterior ethmoidal artery.It carries sensory information from the sphenoid sinus and posterior ethmoidal air cells.It is absent in about 30% of people.

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branch from
Nasociliary nerve
Dorlands prefix
n_05
Dorlands suffix
12565761
Gray page
888
Gray subject
200
innervates
Ethmoid sinus, Sphenoidal sinus

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