Nervus spinosus is a branch of which of the following?
Correct Answer: Mandibular nerve
Description: 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
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