part of part of innervates innervates branching part of branching part of mandibular nerve temporalis muscle deep temporal nerve nervi temporales profundi Wikipedia:Deep_temporal_nerves SCTID:280255007 The deep temporal nerves, branches of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve, are two in number, anterior and posterior. They pass above the upper border of the pterygoideus externus and enter the deep surface of the temporalis. UBERON:0011327 deep temporal nerve FMA:53187 nerve of head region