Pterygopalatine nerves | |
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Alveolar branches of superior
maxillary nerve and pterygopalatine ganglion. (Pterygopalatine nerves visible but not labeled.) | |
![]() An illustration of the path of the maxillary nerve. | |
Details | |
From | Maxillary nerve |
To | Pterygopalatine ganglion |
Identifiers | |
Latin | nervi pterygopalatini, nervi sphenopalatini |
TA98 | A14.2.01.039 |
TA2 | 6218 |
FMA | 52731 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
The two pterygopalatine nerves (or sphenopalatine branches) 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. [2]
It is found in the pterygopalatine fossa. [3]
This article incorporates text in the
public domain from
page 890 of the 20th edition of
Gray's Anatomy (1918)