Anatom3DMotor root of trigeminal nerve
Radix motoria nervi trigemini · Motorický kořen trojklaného nervu
Nervous system
Looks like
The small motor bundle of the trigeminal nerve, running beneath the sensory ganglion to join the mandibular nerve.
What it does
Drives the chewing muscles and a few small muscles of the palate and middle ear.
Keeping it well
Damage gives weak chewing on one side and a jaw that deviates toward it on opening.
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