trigeminal
IPA: traɪgˈɛmʌnʌɫ
noun
- (neuroanatomy) Ellipsis of trigeminal nerve.. [(neuroanatomy) Each of the fifth and largest pair of cranial nerves responsible for sensation and motor function in the face and mouth.]
adjective
- (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the trigeminal nerve (the fifth cranial nerve).
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Examples of "trigeminal" in Sentences
- Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus.
- Nociceptive trigeminal inhibitor.
- The trigeminal neuralgia handbook.
- Motor branches of the trigeminal nerve.
- Sensory branches of the trigeminal nerve.
- Mesencephalic nucleus of trigeminal nerve.
- Trigeminal neuralgia and trigeminal tic douloureux.
- The trigeminal nerve is the largest of the cranial nerves.
- It's called the trigeminal nerve, and that's the fifth nerve.
- It is true that muscles of mastication are innervated by trigeminal.
- The cause of the pain itself is from activation of the trigeminal nerve.
- The fifth cranial nerve, called the trigeminal nerve, is apparently responsible for sneezes.
- What we think now is that the migraine discharges irritate and cause firing in a nerve called the trigeminal nerve.
- The trigeminal is a large nerve that comes directly from the brain and divides into three branches to cover the face.
- Another painful condition that can affect the head and face is called trigeminal neuralgia TN; also called tic douloureux.
- The team noted that clumps of nerve cells called trigeminal ganglia in pit vipers 'heads were larger and more complex than the corresponding cells in mammals.
- Many brain regions responded to top and bottom tooth pain - carried by signals from two distinct branches of a fiber called the trigeminal nerve - in the same way.
- They found that the sleep deprivation caused increased expression of proteins p38 and PKA, which help regulate sensory response in facial nerves thought to play a key role in migraines, known as the trigeminal nerves.