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Maxillary nerve gives cutaneous branches to the face. It also carries parasympathetic preganglionic fibers (sphenopalatine) and postganglionic fibers (zygomatic, greater and lesser palatine and nasopalatine) to and from the pterygopalatine ganglion.
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and terminates by dividing into inferior palpebral, lateral nasal and superior labial branches. The nerve is accompanied by the infraorbital branch of (the third part of) the maxillary artery and the accompanying vein.
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Its branches may be divided into four groups, depending upon where they branch off: in the cranium, in the pterygopalatine fossa, in the infraorbital canal, or on the face.
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as a flattened plexiform band then it passes through the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus. It leaves the skull through the
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and subsequently that of the mid-face, and is intermediate, both in position and size, between the
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Anatomy of the Head and Neck, Fehrenbach and Herring, Elsevier, 2012, page 180
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Monkhouse, Stanley (2006)., page 5, Table 1.1 - "Synopsis of cranial nerves"
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at The
Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (
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Branch of the trigeminal nerve responsible for the mid-face
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563:(5th ed.). Thieme. pp. 400–401.
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74:nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion.
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536:Cranial nerves - functional anatomy
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347:Posterior superior alveolar nerve
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1695:sensory root of ciliary ganglion
579:GrossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cnb2.htm
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379:Anterior superior alveolar nerve
187:Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
262:It begins at the middle of the
374:Middle superior alveolar nerve
315:From the pterygopalatine fossa
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1499:Dorsal nucleus of vagus nerve
561:Pocket Atlas of Human Anatomy
1791:posterior superior alveolar
1278:Inferior salivatory nucleus
490:of the 20th edition of
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1801:anterior superior alveolar
722:lateral geniculate nucleus
683:anterior olfactory nucleus
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29:
1853:to muscles of mastication
1402:Superior cervical cardiac
1095:Superior salivary nucleus
848:spinal trigeminal nucleus
368:In the infraorbital canal
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1796:middle superior alveolar
1535:spinal accessory nucleus
975:pterygopalatine ganglion
766:Edinger–Westphal nucleus
396:Inferior palpebral nerve
333:Inferior orbital fissure
325:zygomaticotemporal nerve
280:inferior orbital fissure
56:pterygopalatine ganglion
30:Not to be confused with
1863:to tensor veli palatini
917:no significant branches
819:no significant branches
659:no significant branches
115:sphenopalatine ganglion
1918:submandibular ganglion
1237:Stylopharyngeal branch
997:submandibular ganglion
982:Nerve to the stapedius
444:anatomical terminology
342:sphenopalatine foramen
329:zygomaticofacial nerve
305:Middle meningeal nerve
1761:pterygopalatine fossa
401:Superior labial nerve
272:pterygopalatine fossa
1828:middle cranial fossa
1742:middle cranial fossa
1085:Facial motor nucleus
781:parasympathetic root
284:infraorbital foramen
1994:Otorhinolaryngology
1678:posterior ethmoidal
1397:Recurrent laryngeal
1242:Pharyngeal branches
1020:Posterior auricular
868:trigeminal ganglion
405:Lateral nasal nerve
340:nerve, through the
264:trigeminal ganglion
222:, the fifth (CN V)
1894:posterior division
1774:zygomaticotemporal
1683:anterior ethmoidal
1380:Superior laryngeal
1247:Tonsillar branches
945:Intermediate nerve
761:oculomotor nucleus
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442:This article uses
384:Infraorbital nerve
111:nasopalatine nerve
99:Infraorbital nerve
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1155:Scarpa's ganglion
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1530:nucleus ambiguus
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1420:Inferior cardiac
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1345:Meningeal branch
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1283:Solitary nucleus
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1557:Hypoglossal
938:Near origin
737:optic tract
390:On the face
121:Identifiers
1978:Categories
1873:masseteric
1817:mandibular
1627:ophthalmic
1150:Vestibular
1062:mandibular
1035:stylohyoid
1025:Suprahyoid
950:Geniculate
888:mandibular
878:ophthalmic
831:Trigeminal
749:Oculomotor
472:References
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1930:mylohyoid
1836:meningeal
1769:zygomatic
1731:maxillary
1570:Branches
1518:Accessory
1438:posterior
1425:Pulmonary
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1052:zygomatic
1030:digastric
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883:maxillary
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671:Olfactory
540:Cambridge
258:Structure
230:from the
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1712:lacrimal
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1433:anterior
1390:internal
1385:external
1324:inferior
1319:superior
1315:Ganglia
1215:Tympanic
1194:inferior
1189:superior
1185:Ganglia
1067:cervical
1047:temporal
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900:Abducens
790:inferior
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637:Terminal
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438:See also
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291:Branches
250:and the
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1968:Anatomy
1913:lingual
1637:frontal
1574:lingual
1566:Nucleus
1542:Cranial
1526:Nuclei
1520:(CN XI)
1468:Hepatic
1450:Abdomen
1306:Before
1176:Before
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1012:foramen
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352:Greater
307:in the
276:maxilla
240:sinuses
232:maxilla
144:D008442
80:Details
1954:Portal
1935:mental
1885:buccal
1547:Spinal
1487:Nuclei
1458:Celiac
1412:Thorax
1335:After
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1266:Nuclei
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1057:buccal
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207:, the
1463:Renal
1297:Vagus
710:Optic
525:Books
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1617:The
1360:Neck
627:The
544:ISBN
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151:TA98
139:MeSH
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