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maxillary nerves

maxillary nerves is the plural of maxillary nerve.

Meaning of maxillary nerve

Noun

maxillary nerve (plural maxillary nerves)

  1. The one of the three major branches or divisions of the trigeminal nerve that supplies sensory fibers to the skin areas of the middle part of the face, the upper jaw and its teeth, and the mucous membranes of the palate, nasal cavities, and nasopharynx.

Questions about maxillary nerves

What is maxillary nerves the plural of?
Maxillary nerves is the plural of maxillary nerve.

Words near maxillary nerves in the dictionary

  1. maxillaries
  2. maxillary
  3. maxillary arteries
  4. maxillary artery
  5. maxillary nerve
  6. maxillary nerves
  7. maxillary palp
  8. maxillary palps
  9. maxillary sinus
  10. maxillary sinuses
  11. maxillary vein

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