| Nerve: Pharyngeal nerve | |
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| The sphenopalatine ganglion and its branches. (Pharyngeal visible at center right.) | |
| Latin | nervus pharyngeus |
| Gray's | subject #200 893 |
| From | pterygopalatine ganglion |
The pharyngeal nerve (pterygopalatine nerve) is a small branch arising from the posterior part of the pterygopalatine ganglion.
It passes through the pharyngeal canal with the pharyngeal branch of the maxillary nerve, and is distributed to the mucous membrane of the nasal part of the pharynx, behind the auditory tube.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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