Lesser palatine nerve

Nerve: Lesser palatine nerve
The sphenopalatine ganglion and its branches. (Posterior palatine at bottom right.)
Latin	nervi palatini minores
Gray's	subject #200 893
From	pterygopalatine ganglion

The lesser palatine nerve (posterior palatine nerve) descends through the pterygopalatine canal, and emerges by the lesser palatine foramen. It also has nasal branches that innervate the nasal cavity.

It supplies the soft palate, tonsil, and uvula.

External links

• lesson9 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
• cranialnerves at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (V)
• MedEd at Loyola GrossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cnb2.htm
• lesser+palatine+nerves at eMedicine Dictionary

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