Pterygopalatine nerves
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| Nerve: Pterygopalatine nerves | |
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| Alveolar branches of superior maxillary nerve and pterygopalatine ganglion. (Pterygopalatine nerves visible but not labeled.) | |
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| An illustration of the path of the Maxillary nerve. | |
| Latin | nervi pterygopalatini, nervi sphenopalatini |
| Gray's | subject #200 890 |
| From | maxillary nerve |
| To | pterygopalatine ganglion |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
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The pterygopalatine nerves (or sphenopalatine branches), two in number, descend to the pterygopalatine ganglion.[1]
Although it is closely related to the pterygopalatine ganglion, it is still considered a branch of the maxillary nerve.[2]
It is found in the pterygopalatine fossa.[3]
[edit] Additional images
 Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion. |
[edit] References
- ^ eMedicine - Perineural Spread of Tumor Along the Fifth and Seventh Cranial Nerves : Article by Charles Lee. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
- ^ Jerry L. Gadd; James L., PhD. Oschman; Hiatt, James L.; Leslie P., PhD. Gartner; Gartner, Leslie P. (2001). Textbook of head and neck anatomy. Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 277. ISBN 0-7817-2166-0.
- ^ Anne M. R. Agur; Moore, Keith L.. Essential Clinical Anatomy (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)). Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 562. ISBN 0-7817-6274-X.
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