Pharyngeal nerve

Pharyngeal nerve
The pterygopalatine ganglion and its branches. (Pharyngeal visible at center right.)
Details
From pterygopalatine ganglion
Identifiers
Latin nervus pharyngeus
TA A14.2.01.044
FMA 77524
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The pharyngeal nerve is a small branch arising from the posterior part of the pterygopalatine ganglion.

It passes through the palatovaginal canal with the pharyngeal branch of the maxillary artery, and is distributed to the mucous membrane of the nasal part of the pharynx, behind the auditory tube.

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References

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


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