Pterygopalatine nerves

Pterygopalatine nerves

Infobox Nerve
Name = Pterygopalatine nerves
Latin = nervi pterygopalatini, nervi sphenopalatini
GraySubject = 200
GrayPage = 890


Caption = Alveolar branches of superior maxillary nerve and pterygopalatine ganglion. (Pterygopalatine nerves visible but not labeled.)


Caption2 = An illustration of the path of the Maxillary nerve. | Innervates =
BranchFrom = maxillary nerve
BranchTo = pterygopalatine ganglion
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The pterygopalatine nerves (or sphenopalatine branches), two in number, descend to the pterygopalatine ganglion.cite web |url=http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic705.htm |title=eMedicine - Perineural Spread of Tumor Along the Fifth and Seventh Cranial Nerves : Article by Charles Lee |accessdate=2008-02-28 |format= |work=]

Although it is closely related to the pterygopalatine ganglion, it is still considered a branch of the maxillary nerve.cite book |author=Jerry L. Gadd; James L., PhD. Oschman; Hiatt, James L.; Leslie P., PhD. Gartner; Gartner, Leslie P. |title=Textbook of head and neck anatomy |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |location=Hagerstown, MD |year=2001 |pages=277 |isbn=0-7817-2166-0 |oclc= |doi=]

It is found in the pterygopalatine fossa.cite book |author=Anne M. R. Agur; Moore, Keith L. |title=Essential Clinical Anatomy (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)) |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |location=Hagerstown, MD |year= |pages=562 |isbn=0-7817-6274-X |oclc= |doi=]


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