Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System: Cranial Nerves and Ganglia
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
The branch supplying the upper lip may run independently in the floor of the orbital cavity; other branches of the nerve arise earlier and enter another canal medial to the main channel.
The nerve may be doubled.
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References
Cushing, H. (1904) The sensory distribution of the fifth cranial nerve. Johns Hopkins Hospital Bulletin 15:213-232.
Jordan, J. (1967) Double infraorbital nerve in man. Folia Morphol., (Warsaw) 26:405-407.
Huber, G.C., Ed. (1930) Piersol's Human Anatomy, 9th ed., L.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia.
Leo, J., Cassell, M.D. and R.A. Bergman. (1995) Variations of human infraorbital nerve, canal and foramen. Annals Anat. 177:291-294.
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