Anatom3DCommunicating branch of nasociliary nerve with ciliary ganglion
Ramus communicans nervi nasociliaris cum ganglio ciliari · Spojka nosořasnatého nervu s řasnatým gangliem
Nervous system
Looks like
A slender thread from the nasociliary nerve that passes through the ciliary ganglion without relaying.
What it does
Carries touch and pain from the eyeball, including the cornea, back toward the trigeminal nerve.
Keeping it well
Not examined on its own; it matters to anatomists and surgeons working in the orbit.
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Drooping eyelid (ptosis)
- Fibromyalgia
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Lyme disease
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Tetanus
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies