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Which nerve primarily conveys Pain elicited from an infected facial wound?

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John Smith

John Smith

John Smith
John Smith

Answered Sep 09, 2016

Trigeminal- the trigeminal nerve is the nerve that supplies sensory innervation to the skin of the face, so pain sensations will be carried through this nerve. it has 3 divisions. the ophthalmic division (v1) is a sensory nerve that passes through the superior orbital fissure and supplies sensory innervation to the eyeball, conjunctiva, nasal mucosa, medial portion of the nose, upper eyelid, forehead, and scalp. the maxillary division (v2) is a sensory nerve that provides sensory innervation to the cheek, upper lip, lateral portion of nose and lower eyelid. the mandibular division (v3) is a sensory and motor nerve-it supplies the lower lip and chin and the lateral portion of the cheek. v3 also provides motor innervation to the muscles of mastication, tensor veli palatini, mylohyoid, the anterior belly of the digastric, and tensor tympani. the facial nerve does not provide sensory innervation to the skin of the face-it provides motor innervation to the muscles of facial expression. the great auricular nerve and transverse cervical nerve are branches of the cervical plexus. the great auricular nerve supplies the skin of the ear and the skin below the ear, while the transverse cervical nerve supplies the skin of the anterior neck. the hypoglossal nerve (cn xii) provides motor innervation to the muscles of the tongue.
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