Masseteric nerve

Masseteric nerve
	Mandibular division of the trifacial nerve. (Masseteric visible near center.)
Details
Latin	nervus massetericus
From	mandibular nerve
Innervates	Masseter muscle, temporomandibular joint
Identifiers
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The masseteric nerve passes laterally, above the Pterygoideus externus, in front of the temporomandibular articulation, and behind the tendon of the Temporalis; it crosses the mandibular notch with the masseteric artery, to the deep surface of the Masseter, in which it ramifies nearly as far as its anterior border.

It is a branch of the mandibular nerve (V3).

It gives a filament to the temporomandibular joint.

References

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

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