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pterygopalatine ganglia

pterygopalatine ganglia is the plural of pterygopalatine ganglion.

Meaning of pterygopalatine ganglion

Noun

pterygopalatine ganglion (plural pterygopalatine ganglia)

  1. An autonomic ganglion of the maxillary nerve that is situated in the pterygopalatine fossa and that receives preganglionic parasympathetic fibers from the facial nerve and sends postganglionic fibers to the nasal mucosa, palate, pharynx, and orbit.
    Synonyms:
    Meckel's ganglion, sphenopalatine ganglion

Questions about pterygopalatine ganglia

What is pterygopalatine ganglia the plural of?
Pterygopalatine ganglia is the plural of pterygopalatine ganglion.

Words near pterygopalatine ganglia in the dictionary

  1. pterygopalate
  2. pterygopalatin
  3. pterygopalatine
  4. pterygopalatine fossa
  5. pterygopalatine fossae
  6. pterygopalatine ganglia
  7. pterygopalatine ganglion
  8. pterygoparoccipital
  9. pterygopodia
  10. pterygopodium
  11. pterygoquadrate

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