stimulus, receptor, inferior alveolar nerve, mandibular foramen, infratemporal fossa, mandibular division of trigeminal nerve, foramen ovale, middle cranial fossa, trigeminal ganglion (cell bodies of 1st order sensory ganglion, no synapse), central process of ganglion become trigeminal nerve, cross into posterior cranial fossa, enters into pons, nerves synapse onto trigeminal sensory nucleus (2nd order), Decussation, ascends to thalamus (synapse), neurons in thalamus 3rd order, sensory cortex, post central gyrus.
CRANIAL NERVES RELATED TO SCM