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nasopalatine nerve

nasopalatine nerve noun: a parasympathetic and sensory nerve that arises in the pterygopalatine ganglion, passes through the sphenopalatine foramen, across the roof of the nasal cavity to the nasal septum, and obliquely downward to and through the incisive canal, and innervates especially the glands and mucosa of the nasal septum and the anterior part of the hard palate.

Noun

nasopalatine nerve (plural nasopalatine nerves)

  1. A parasympathetic and sensory nerve that arises in the pterygopalatine ganglion, passes through the sphenopalatine foramen, across the roof of the nasal cavity to the nasal septum, and obliquely downward to and through the incisive canal, and innervates especially the glands and mucosa of the nasal septum and the anterior part of the hard palate.

Forms of nasopalatine nerve

pluralnasopalatine nerves

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Questions about nasopalatine nerve

What does nasopalatine nerve mean?
Nasopalatine nerve means a parasympathetic and sensory nerve that arises in the pterygopalatine ganglion, passes through the sphenopalatine foramen, across the roof of the nasal cavity to the nasal septum, and obliquely downward to and through the incisive canal, and innervates especially the glands and mucosa of the nasal septum and the anterior part of the hard palate.
What part of speech is nasopalatine nerve?
Nasopalatine nerve is a noun.
What is the plural of nasopalatine nerve?
The plural of nasopalatine nerve is nasopalatine nerves.

Words near nasopalatine nerve in the dictionary

  1. nasoorbitoethmoid
  2. nasoorbitoethmoidal
  3. nasooropharyngeal
  4. nasopalatal
  5. nasopalatine
  6. nasopalatine nerve
  7. nasopalatine nerves
  8. nasopancreatic
  9. nasopharngeal
  10. nasopharyngeal
  11. nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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