NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -While coursing through the middle cranial fossa, the maxillary nerve gives rise to its smallest branch, the middle meningeal nerve near foramen rotundum. This branch supplies the dura mater of the middle cranial fossa.

Detailed explanation-2: -The maxillary nerve (V2) passes through the foramen rotundum and into the infraorbital canal, where, at the pterygopalatine fossa, it branches into the pterygopalatine ganglion, with parasympathetic and sensory branches to the paranasal sinuses.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Maxillary Nerve (V2) It then passes through the orbit in the infraorbital canal, exits through the infraorbital foramen, and gives rise to three cutaneous branches: the zygomaticotemporal, zygomaticofacial, and infraorbital nerves.