Anatom3DSensory root of trigeminal nerve
Radix sensoria nervi trigemini · Senzitivní kořen trojklaného nervu
Nervous system
Looks like
The large sensory root of the fifth cranial nerve, entering the side of the pons from the trigeminal ganglion.
What it does
Carries touch, pain and temperature from the whole face, eye, nose and mouth into the brainstem.
Keeping it well
A looping artery pressing on it is a common cause of trigeminal neuralgia; surgery can relieve it.
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