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nasopalatine nerves

nasopalatine nerves is the plural of nasopalatine nerve.

Meaning of nasopalatine nerve

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.

Questions about nasopalatine nerves

What is nasopalatine nerves the plural of?
Nasopalatine nerves is the plural of nasopalatine nerve.

Words near nasopalatine nerves in the dictionary

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

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