A 17-Year-Old Boy Is Taken to the Emergency Department by His

Multiple Choice

A 17-year-old boy is taken to the emergency department by his parents after he was hit with a hockey puck while attending a hockey game. The attending physician notes that the boy has a 4-cm laceration above his left eye, periorbital edema, and ecchymoses on the left upper eyelid. A magnetic resonance image reveals a supraorbital fracture to the left eye. Based on this information, which of the following was most likely injured in this patient?

A) Anterior ethmoidal nerve
B) Zygomaticotemporal nerve
C) Optic nerve
D) Middle superior alveolar nerve
E) Supraorbital nerve