Pterygopalatine nerves 4852099 194813898 2008-02-29T02:53:23Z Arcadian 104523 imag {{Infobox Nerve | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = nervi pterygopalatini, nervi sphenopalatini | GraySubject = 200 | GrayPage = 890 | Image = Gray779.png | Caption = [[Alveolar]] branches of superior [[maxillary nerve]] and pterygopalatine ganglion. (Pterygopalatine nerves visible but not labeled.) | Image2 = Maxillary example system.svg | Caption2 = An illustration of the path of the Maxillary nerve. | Innervates = | BranchFrom = [[maxillary nerve]] | BranchTo = [[pterygopalatine ganglion]] | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = n_05 | DorlandsSuf = 12566563 | }} The '''pterygopalatine nerves''' (or '''sphenopalatine branches'''), two in number, descend to the [[pterygopalatine ganglion]].<ref name="titleeMedicine - Perineural Spread of Tumor Along the Fifth and Seventh Cranial Nerves : Article by Charles Lee">{{cite web |url=http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic705.htm |title=eMedicine - Perineural Spread of Tumor Along the Fifth and Seventh Cranial Nerves : Article by Charles Lee |accessdate=2008-02-28 |format= |work=}}</ref> Although it is closely related to the pterygopalatine ganglion, it is still considered a branch of the [[maxillary nerve]].<ref name="isbn0-7817-2166-0">{{cite book |author=Jerry L. Gadd; James L., PhD. Oschman; Hiatt, James L.; Leslie P., PhD. Gartner; Gartner, Leslie P. |title=Textbook of head and neck anatomy |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |location=Hagerstwon, MD |year=2001 |pages=277 |isbn=0-7817-2166-0 |oclc= |doi=}}</ref> It is found in the [[pterygopalatine fossa]].<ref name="isbn0-7817-6274-X">{{cite book |author=Anne M. R. Agur; Moore, Keith L. |title=Essential Clinical Anatomy (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)) |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |location=Hagerstwon, MD |year= |pages=562 |isbn=0-7817-6274-X |oclc= |doi=}}</ref> ==Additional images== <gallery> Image:Gray778.png|Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion. </gallery> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Gray's}} {{neuroscience-stub}} {{Trigeminal nerve}} [[Category:Nervous system]]