The sensory nerve subdivision of the trigeminal nerve that transmits sensory information from the orbit and its contents, the nasal cavity and the skin of the nose and forehead.
Comment:
Terminology notes. This nerve is known by a ridiculous number of names[http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/glossary/glossaryPo.html]; [homology-note] "The profundus nerve is a distinct nerve only in fishes. (...) In mammals, the profundus nerve is the same as the most rostral (ophthalmic) branch of the trigeminal nerve.[well established][VHOG]" xsd:string {date_retrieved="2012-09-17", external_class="VHOG:0001349", ontology="VHOG", source="ISBN:978-0471210054 Butler AB and Hodos W, Comparative vertebrate neuroanatomy: Evolution and Adaptation (2005) p.177", source="http://bgee.unil.ch/"}
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
cranial nerve V, branch V1; first branch of fifth cranial nerve; first division of fifth cranial nerve; first division of trigeminal nerve; nervus ophthalmicus (V1); nervus ophthalmicus (Va); ophthalmic division [V1]; ophthalmic division [Va]; ophthalmic division of fifth cranial nerve; ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve (V1); ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve (Va); ophthalmic nerve [V1]; ophthalmic nerve [Va]; opthalmic nerve; ramus opthalmicus profundus (ramus V1); rostral branch of trigeminal nerve; trigeminal V nerve ophthalmic division