Pharyngeal nerve

Pharyngeal nerve
The pterygopalatine ganglion and its branches. (Pharyngeal visible at center right.)
Details
Frompterygopalatine ganglion
Identifiers
Latinnervus pharyngeus
TA98A14.2.01.044
TA26223
FMA77524
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The pharyngeal nerve is a small branch of the maxillary nerve (CN V2),[1]: 496  arising at the posterior part of the pterygopalatine ganglion. It passes through the palatovaginal canal[1]: 370, 496  with the pharyngeal branch of the maxillary artery.[1]: 508 

It is distributed to the mucous membrane of the nasopharynx[1]: 370, 496  (its posterior wall, posterior to the pharyngotympanic tube).[citation needed] It also issues some minute orbital branches which pass through the inferior orbital fissure to enter the orbit and innervate the periosteum of the floor of the orbit, and the mucosa of the sphenoid sinus and ethmoid sinus.[1]: 370 

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References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 893 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. ^ a b c d e Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). ISBN 978-0-7295-3752-0.


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