Pterygopalatine nerves
| 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 | p.890 |
| From | maxillary nerve |
| To | pterygopalatine ganglion |
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 and does not synapse in the ganglion.<ref name="isbn=978-0-7817-8932-5>Hiatt, James L. PhD; Gartner, Leslie P. PhD (2010). Textbook of head and neck anatomy 4th edition. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-7817-8932-5.</ref>
It is found in the pterygopalatine fossa.[2]
Additional images
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Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion.
References
- ↑ "eMedicine - Perineural Spread of Tumor Along the Fifth and Seventh Cranial Nerves : Article by Charles Lee". Retrieved 2008-02-28.
- ↑ Anne M. R. Agur; Moore, Keith L. Essential Clinical Anatomy (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)). Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 562. ISBN 0-7817-6274-X.
This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.
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