nerves

carry PS postg. and afferent fibers to back of eyeball

connected to ciliary ganglion

• opthalmic branch of V₁
• afferent fibers pass through ciliary ganglion (senza synapse)

sheaths are continuous w/ meninges of brain, quindi subarachnoid spazia continues to back of eyeball

• frontal
• lacrimal
• nasociliary

sensory info for skin of forehead, mucosa of frontal sinus, skin of upper eyelid

lies btw superior levator palpebrae and periosteum/periorbit

branch of V₁

sensory info for lacrimal glands, conjunctiva, and lateral upper eyelids

originates at V₁ but hitches a ride on VII