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Definition of Pterygopalatine

Pterygopalatine
Pterygopalatine Pter`y*go*pal"a*tine, a. [Pterygoid + palatine.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pterygoid processes and the palatine bones.

Meaning of Pterygopalatine from wikipedia

- The pterygopalatine ganglion (aka Meckel's ganglion, nasal ganglion, or sphenopalatine ganglion) is a parasympathetic ganglion in the pterygopalatine fossa...
- 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...
- Pterygopalatine canal may refer to: Greater palatine canal Palato****l canal This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated with the title Pterygopalatine...
- foramen rotundum it gives two branches to the pterygopalatine ganglion. It then crosses the pterygopalatine fossa, inclines lateralward on the back of the...
- maxillary nerve goes from the pterygopalatine fossa to the infratemporal region via this fissure. The pterygopalatine plates are separated laterally...
- p****es through the pterygoid canal to reach the pterygopalatine fossa, ending at the pterygopalatine ganglion. The nerve of the pterygoid canal forms...
- to the pterygopalatine fossa. It supplies the deep structures of the face, and may be divided into mandibular, pterygoid, and pterygopalatine portions...
- anterior to the foramen lacerum in the middle cranial fossa to the pterygopalatine fossa. It transmits the nerve of pterygoid canal (Vidian nerve), the...
- pre-ganglionic parasympathetic fibres: 370  which ultimately synapse in the pterygopalatine ganglion. It branches from the facial nerve (CN VII) and is derived...