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Pterygopalatine nerves

Pterygopalatine nerves

Two nerves that descend to the pterygopalatine ganglion

The two pterygopalatine nerves (or sphenopalatine branches) descend to the pterygopalatine ganglion.[1]

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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.[2]

It is found in the pterygopalatine fossa.[3]

Additional images

  • Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion.

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 890 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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    "eMedicine - Perineural Spread of Tumor Along the Fifth and Seventh Cranial Nerves : Article by Charles Lee". Retrieved 2008-02-28.
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    Hiatt, James L.; Gartner, Leslie P. (2010). Textbook of head and neck anatomy 4th edition. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-7817-8932-5.
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    Anne M. R. Agur; Moore, Keith L. (2007). Essential Clinical Anatomy (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)). Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 562. ISBN 978-0-7817-6274-8.


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