TheIl '''trigeminalnervo nervetrigemino''' (theil '''fifthquinto [[cranialnervo nervecranico]]''', alsocallede theanche chiamato '''fifthQuinto nervenervo''' oro simplysemplicemente '''V''') isè responsibleresponsabile fordelle sensationsensazioni in the facefacciali. E' Itsimile isai similarnervi to the spinal nervesspinali '''C2-S5''' thatche aresono responsibleresponsabili fordella sensationpercezioni indelle thesensazioni restnel ofresto thedel bodycorpo. Sensory information from the face and body is processed by parallel pathways in the central nervous system.
The fifth nerve is primarily a ''sensory'' nerve, but it also has certain ''motor'' functions (biting, chewing and swallowing). These are discussed separately.
