Pterygopalatine nerves

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Pterygopalatine nerves

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

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Pterygopalatine nerves
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Alveolar branches of superior maxillary nerve and pterygopalatine ganglion. (Pterygopalatine nerves visible but not labeled.)
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An illustration of the path of the maxillary nerve.
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FromMaxillary nerve
ToPterygopalatine ganglion
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Latinnervi pterygopalatini, nervi sphenopalatini
TA98A14.2.01.039
TA26218
FMA52731
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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]

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