Lesser palatine nerve

Lesser palatine nerve

Infobox Nerve
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Latin = nervi palatini minores
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Caption = The sphenopalatine ganglion and its branches. (Posterior palatine at bottom right.)


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The lesser palatine nerve (posterior palatine nerve) descends through the pterygopalatine canal, and emerges by the lesser palatine foramen. It also has nasal branches that innervate the nasal cavity.

It supplies the soft palate, tonsil, and uvula.

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