Lesser palatine nerve
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| Nerve: Lesser palatine nerve | ||
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| The sphenopalatine ganglion and its branches. (Posterior palatine at bottom right.) | ||
| Latin | nervi palatini minores | |
| Gray's | subject #200 893 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | n_05/12566402 | |
The lesser palatine nerve (posterior palatine nerve) descends through the pterygopalatine canal, and emerges by the lesser palatine foramen.
It supplies the soft palate, tonsil, and uvula.
[edit] External links
- Norman/Georgetown lesson9
- Norman/Georgetown cranialnerves (V)
- MedEd at Loyola GrossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cnb2.htm
- Dictionary at eMedicine lesser+palatine+nerves
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