Pharyngeal nerve

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

The pharyngeal 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

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