this images illustrates the different branches of the trigeminal nerve in the face in relation to each other [focusing on the maxillary division]
showing:
1. maxillary nerve
2. meningeal branch
3. post. superior alveolar nerve
4. palatine nerve
5. middle superior alveolar nerve
6. maxillary sinus
7. superior gingival branches
8. pterygopalatine ganglion
9. ganglionic branches
10. communicating branches with zygomatic nerve
11. zygomatic nerve
12. inferior palpebral branches
13. infraorbital nerve
14. external and internal nasal branches of infraorbital nevre
15. anterior superior alveolar nerve
16. nasal branch of infraorbital nerve
17. superior dental plexus
18. superior labial nerve
19. superior dental branches
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