Lesser palatine nerve
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| Lesser palatine nerve | |
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The sphenopalatine ganglion and its branches. (Posterior palatine at bottom right.)
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| Latin | nervi palatini minores |
| From | pterygopalatine ganglion |
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| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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The lesser palatine nerve (posterior palatine nerve) is one of two palatine nerves that descends through the greater palatine canal, and emerges by the lesser palatine foramen. It is a branch of the maxillary nerve (CN V2) It also has nasal branches that innervate the nasal cavity.
It supplies the soft palate, tonsil, and uvula.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
- lesson9 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
- cranialnerves at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (V)
- MedEd at Loyola GrossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cnb2.htm
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