Palatine nerves

Palatine nerves
Nerve: Palatine nerves
The sphenopalatine ganglion and its branches. (Anterior palatine at bottom right, middle palatine at bottom center, and posterior palatine at bottom right.)
Latin nervi palatini
Gray's subject #200 893

The palatine nerves (descending branches) are distributed to the roof of the mouth, soft palate, tonsil, and lining membrane of the nasal cavity.

Most of their fibers are derived from the sphenopalatine branches of the maxillary nerve.

In older texts, they are usually categorized as three in number: anterior, middle, and posterior. (In newer texts, and in Terminologia anatomica, they are broken down into "greater palatine nerve" and "lesser palatine nerve".)

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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

v · d · eNerves of head and neck: the cranial nerves and nuclei (TA A14.2.01, GA 9.855)
olfactory (AON->I)
optic (LGN->II)
oculomotor
(ON, EWN->III)
trochlear (TN->IV)
no significant branches
trigeminal
(PSN, TSN, MN, TMN->V)
abducens (AN->VI)
no significant branches
facial (FMN, SN, SSN->VII)
near origin
vestibulocochlear
(VN, CN->VIII)
glossopharyngeal
(NA, ISN, SN->IX)
ganglia (superior, inferior)
vagus
(NA, DNVN, SN->X)
ganglia (superior, inferior)
accessory (NA, SAN->XI)
hypoglossal (HN->XII)

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