See Also: posterior ethmoidal nerve(medicine)
posterior ethmoidal air cells(medicine)
posterior ethmoidal artery(medicine)
anterior ethmoidal nerve(medicine)
medial nasal branches of anterior ethmoidal nerve(medicine)
lateral nasal branches of anterior ethmoidal nerve(medicine)
posterior antebrachial nerve(medicine)
posterior scapular nerve(medicine)
posterior ampullar nerve(medicine)
posterior auricular nerve(medicine)

mento- (iou) and posterior ethmoidal nerve (medicine)


mento- (iou)



mento- combining form of Latin mentum chin: see -O-.
mento-Meckelian adjective & noun (Anatomy) (designating) a bone in the jaw formed in part by the ossification of Meckel's cartilage L19.
mento-'vertical adjective & noun (designating or pertaining to) the diameter of the head from the menton to the highest point of the vertex L20.

posterior ethmoidal nerve (medicine)


posterior ethmoidal nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A branch of the nasociliary nerve providing sensory innervation to the sphenoidal sinus and the posterior ethmoidal air cells.

Synonym: nervus ethmoidalis posterior.