Nerves passing through superior orbital fissure – Mnemonic
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Based on illustration created by Patrick J. Lynch
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The nerves passing through superior orbital fissure are (from top to bottom) :
- Lacrimal nerve
- Frontal nerve
- Trochlear nerve
- Superior division of oculomotor nerve
- Abducens nerve
- Nasociliary nerve (branch of ophthalmic nerve)
- Inferior division of oculomotor nerve
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There was another one in circulation a while back that used the first
two letters of each term:
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Lacrimal nerve
Frontal nerve
Trochlear nerve
Superior division of oculomotor nerve
Abducens nerve
Nasociliary nerve (branch of ophthalmic nerve)
Inferior division of oculomotor nerve