Sphenopalatine foramen
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The sphenopalatine foramen is a foramen of the skull that connects the nasal cavity and the pterygopalatine fossa. It gives passage to the sphenopalatine artery, nasopalatine nerve, and the superior nasal nerve (all passing from the pterygopalatine fossa into the nasal cavity).[1]
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Sphenopalatine foramen | |
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Latin | foramen sphenopalatinum |
TA98 | A02.1.00.097 |
TA2 | 502 |
FMA | 53144 |
Anatomical terms of bone |
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