Branches
The nasociliary nerve gives off the following branches:
- posterior ethmoidal nerve
- long ciliary nerves
- infratrochlear nerve
- communicating branch to the ciliary ganglion (long root of the ciliary ganglion)
- anterior ethmoidal nerve
PLICA is a mnemonic often used to remember these branches.
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