Lesser palatine nerve
The lesser palatine nerves (posterior palatine nerve) are branches of the maxillary nerve (CN V2). They descends through the greater palatine canal alongside the greater palatine nerve, and emerge (separately) through the lesser palatine foramen to pass posteriorward.[1] They supply the soft palate, tonsil,[1][2] and uvula.[2]
| Lesser palatine nerve | |
|---|---|
 The sphenopalatine ganglion and its branches. (Posterior palatine at bottom right.) | |
| Details | |
| From | pterygopalatine ganglion |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | nervi palatini minores |
| TA98 | A14.2.01.047 |
| TA2 | 6227 |
| FMA | 52805 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
See also
References
- Chummy S. Sinnatamby (2011). Last's anatomy: regional and applied (12th ed.). Edinburgh. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-7020-4839-5. OCLC 764565702.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 893.
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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