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Latin nervi pterygopalatini, nervi sphenopalatini | ||
The pterygopalatine nerves (or sphenopalatine branches), two in number, descend to the pterygopalatine ganglion.
Although it is closely related to the pterygopalatine ganglion, it is still considered a branch of the maxillary nerve and does not synapse in the ganglion.
It is found in the pterygopalatine fossa.
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