Trigeminal motor nucleus

Brain: Trigeminal motor nucleus
The cranial nerve nuclei schematically represented; dorsal view. Motor nuclei in red; sensory in blue. (Trigeminal nerve nuclei are at "V".)
Latin	nucleus motorius nervi trigemini
Gray's	subject #187 787
NeuroNames	hier-551
MeSH	Trigeminal+nuclei

The trigeminal motor nucleus contains motor neurons that innervate muscles of the first branchial arch, namely the muscles of mastication, the tensor tympani, tensor veli palatini, mylohyoid, and anterior belly of the digastric.

External links

• Washington University

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