Lesser palatine nerve

The lesser palatine nerves (posterior palatine nerve) are branches of the maxillary nerve (CN V₂). They descends through the greater palatine canal alongside the greater palatine nerve, and emerge (separately) through the lesser palatine foramen to pass posteriorward.^[1] They supply the soft palate, tonsil,^[1][2] and uvula.^[2]

Lesser palatine nerve
The sphenopalatine ganglion and its branches. (Posterior palatine at bottom right.)
Details
From	Pterygopalatine ganglion
Identifiers
Latin	nervi palatini minores
TA98	A14.2.01.047
TA2	6227
FMA	52805
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

See also

• Greater palatine nerve