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From
  
mandibular nerve

Dorlands /Elsevier
  
n_05/12566883

FMA
  
53187

Innervates
  
Temporalis

TA
  
A14.2.01.071

Deep temporal nerves

Latin
  
nervi temporales profundi

The deep temporal nerves, branches of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve, are two in number, anterior and posterior. They pass above the upper border of the pterygoideus externus and enter the deep surface of the temporalis.

Branches

  • The posterior branch, of small size, is placed at the back of the temporal fossa, and sometimes arises in common with the masseteric nerve.
  • The anterior branch is frequently given off from the buccinator nerve, and then turns upward over the upper head of the pterygoideus externus.
  • Frequently a third or intermediate branch is present.

    • References

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