Inferior palpebral nerve

Inferior palpebral nerve
Inferior palpebral nerve
	Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion.
Details
From	Infraorbital nerve
Identifiers
Latin	Rami palpebrales inferiores nervi infraorbitalis
TA98	A14.2.01.060
TA2	6242
FMA	52983
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The Inferior palpebral nerve (inferior palpebral branches) ascend behind the orbicularis oculi.

They supply the skin and conjunctiva of the lower eyelid, joining at the lateral angle of the orbit with the facial and zygomaticofacial nerves.

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 891 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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