- Specifically, it can
refer to:
Pterygopalatine fossa Palato****l
canal (Greater
palatine canal or
Pterygopalatine canal)
Pterygopalatine ganglion (also known...
-
human anatomy, the
pterygopalatine fossa (sphenopalatine fossa) is a
fossa in the skull. A
human skull contains two
pterygopalatine fossae—one on the left...
-
foramen rotundum it
gives two
branches to the
pterygopalatine ganglion. It then
crosses the
pterygopalatine fossa,
inclines lateralward on the back of the...
- The
pterygopalatine ganglion (aka Meckel's ganglion,
nasal ganglion, or
sphenopalatine ganglion) is a
parasympathetic ganglion in the
pterygopalatine fossa...
- p****es
through the
pterygoid canal to
reach the
pterygopalatine fossa,
ending at the
pterygopalatine ganglion. The
nerve of the
pterygoid canal forms...
-
maxillary nerve goes from the
pterygopalatine fossa to the
infratemporal region via this fissure. The
pterygopalatine plates are
separated laterally...
- (itself a
branch of the
trigeminal nerve (CN V)). It
arises in the
pterygopalatine fossa and
enters the
orbit through the
inferior orbital fissure before...
- to the
pterygopalatine fossa. It
supplies the deep
structures of the face, and may be
divided into mandibular, pterygoid, and
pterygopalatine portions...
- roof of the mouth, and the
floor of the orbits. They help to form the
pterygopalatine and
pterygoid fossae, and the
inferior orbital fissures. Each palatine...
- (CNS) and
synapse at one of four
parasympathetic ganglia: ciliary,
pterygopalatine, otic, or submandibular. From
these four
ganglia the parasympathetic...
