Pharyngeal nerve

Pharyngeal nerve
The pterygopalatine ganglion and its branches. (Pharyngeal visible at center right.)
Details
Latin	nervus pharyngeus
From	pterygopalatine ganglion
Identifiers
Gray's	p.893
Dorlands /Elsevier	n_05/12566498
TA	A14.2.01.044
FMA	77524
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The pharyngeal nerve (pterygopalatine nerve) is a small branch arising from the posterior part of the pterygopalatine ganglion.

It passes through the palatovaginal canal with the pharyngeal branch of the maxillary artery, and is distributed to the mucous membrane of the nasal part of the pharynx, behind the auditory tube.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

frontal	supratrochlear supraorbital lateral branch medial branch

Nasociliary	long ciliary infratrochlear posterior ethmoidal anterior ethmoidal external nasal internal nasal sensory root of ciliary ganglion ciliary ganglion

Other	lacrimal

infraorbital nerve:	superior alveolar anterior middle posterior internal nasal branches

in meninges	meningeal

anterior	to muscles of mastication medial pterygoid/to tensor veli palatini lateral pterygoid masseteric deep temporal buccal

posterior	auriculotemporal otic ganglion lingual submandibular ganglion inferior alveolar mylohyoid mental

Index of the peripheral nervous system

Description	Anatomy Nerves cranial trigeminal cervical brachial lumbosacral plexus somatosensory spinal autonomic Physiology reflexes proteins neurotransmitters transporters Development neurotrophins

Disease	Autonomic Congenital Injury Neoplasms and cancer Other Symptoms and signs eponymous

Treatment	Procedures Local anesthetics