Anatom3DFrontal nerve
Nervus frontalis · Čelní nerv
Nervous system
Looks like
The largest branch of the ophthalmic nerve, running forward along the roof of the eye socket.
What it does
Divides into the supraorbital and supratrochlear nerves, bringing feeling from the forehead, scalp and upper lid.
Keeping it well
Shingles along it gives a forehead rash; migraine surgery and nerve blocks target its branches.
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Cluster headache
- Cold sores (herpes simplex)
- Fibromyalgia
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Lyme disease
- Migraine
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Tetanus
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies