Nervus spinosus is a branch of which of the following?
The meningeal branch or nervus spinosum enters the skull through the foramen spinosum with middle meningeal aery and supplies the dura mater of middle cranial fossa. NOTES: The branches of mandibular nerve- a.Meningeal branch or nervous spinosum b.Nerve to medial pterygoid From anterior trunk; a.Sensory branch,the buccal nerve b.Motor branch,the masseteric and deep temporal nerves and the nerve to lateral pterygoid From posterior trunk; a.Auriculotemporal nerve b.Lingual nerve c.Inferior alveolar nerve Ref BDC volume 3,sixth edititon pg 125
Maxillary nerve
Mandibular nerve
Facial nerve
Nerve of pterygoid canal
Head and neck