It is the major cutaneous sensory nerve of the head, and is responsible for sensation over most of the skin on your head. It also carries motor fibres to temporalis muscle[?], lateral pterygoid muscle[?], medial pterygoid muscle[?], masseter muscle[?] (the four main muscles involved in mastication[?]), tensor veli palatini[?], mylohyoid muscle[?] and the tensor tympani muscle[?].
Named branches of the trigeminal nerve: (important branches in bold)
Opthalmic nerve[?] (V1)
Maxillary nerve[?] (V2)
Mandibular nerve[?] (V3)
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