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The
Maxillary nerve gives cutaneous branches to the face. It also carries parasympathetic preganglionic fibers (sphenopalatine) and postganglionic fibers (zygomatic, greater and lesser palatine and nasopalatine) to and from the pterygopalatine ganglion.
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and terminates by dividing into inferior palpebral, lateral nasal and superior labial branches. The nerve is accompanied by the infraorbital branch of (the third part of) the maxillary artery and the accompanying vein.
271:. It then runs forward on the floor of the orbit, at first in the infraorbital groove and then in the infraorbital canal remaining outside the periosteum of the orbit. It then emerges on the face through the
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Its branches may be divided into four groups, depending upon where they branch off: in the cranium, in the pterygopalatine fossa, in the infraorbital canal, or on the face.
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as a flattened plexiform band then it passes through the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus. It leaves the skull through the
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and subsequently that of the mid-face, and is intermediate, both in position and size, between the
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Anatomy of the Head and Neck, Fehrenbach and Herring, Elsevier, 2012, page 180
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Knowledge articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's
Anatomy (1918)
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Monkhouse, Stanley (2006)., page 5, Table 1.1 - "Synopsis of cranial nerves"
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at The
Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (
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Branch of the trigeminal nerve responsible for the mid-face
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552:(5th ed.). Thieme. pp. 400–401.
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548:Feneis, Heinz; Dauber, Wolfgang (2007).
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471:This article incorporates text in the
63:nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion.
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525:Cranial nerves - functional anatomy
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59:Distribution of the maxillary and
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336:Posterior superior alveolar nerve
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1684:sensory root of ciliary ganglion
568:GrossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cnb2.htm
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368:Anterior superior alveolar nerve
176:Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
251:It begins at the middle of the
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491:
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363:Middle superior alveolar nerve
304:From the pterygopalatine fossa
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1267:Inferior salivatory nucleus
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1323:
1294:
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755:Edinger–Westphal nucleus
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385:Inferior palpebral nerve
322:Inferior orbital fissure
314:zygomaticotemporal nerve
269:inferior orbital fissure
45:pterygopalatine ganglion
19:Not to be confused with
1852:to tensor veli palatini
906:no significant branches
808:no significant branches
648:no significant branches
104:sphenopalatine ganglion
1907:submandibular ganglion
1226:Stylopharyngeal branch
986:submandibular ganglion
971:Nerve to the stapedius
433:anatomical terminology
331:sphenopalatine foramen
318:zygomaticofacial nerve
294:Middle meningeal nerve
1750:pterygopalatine fossa
390:Superior labial nerve
261:pterygopalatine fossa
1817:middle cranial fossa
1731:middle cranial fossa
1074:Facial motor nucleus
770:parasympathetic root
273:infraorbital foramen
1983:Otorhinolaryngology
1667:posterior ethmoidal
1386:Recurrent laryngeal
1231:Pharyngeal branches
1009:Posterior auricular
857:trigeminal ganglion
394:Lateral nasal nerve
329:nerve, through the
253:trigeminal ganglion
211:, the fifth (CN V)
1883:posterior division
1763:zygomaticotemporal
1672:anterior ethmoidal
1369:Superior laryngeal
1236:Tonsillar branches
934:Intermediate nerve
750:oculomotor nucleus
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88:Infraorbital nerve
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1546:Hypoglossal
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379:On the face
110:Identifiers
1967:Categories
1862:masseteric
1806:mandibular
1616:ophthalmic
1139:Vestibular
1051:mandibular
1024:stylohyoid
1014:Suprahyoid
939:Geniculate
877:mandibular
867:ophthalmic
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738:Oculomotor
461:References
61:mandibular
1919:mylohyoid
1825:meningeal
1758:zygomatic
1720:maxillary
1559:Branches
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1414:Pulmonary
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1041:zygomatic
1019:digastric
902:Branches
872:maxillary
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791:Trochlear
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247:Structure
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217:sensation
1701:lacrimal
1548:(CN XII)
1422:anterior
1379:internal
1374:external
1313:inferior
1308:superior
1304:Ganglia
1204:Tympanic
1183:inferior
1178:superior
1174:Ganglia
1056:cervical
1036:temporal
920:(CN VII)
889:Abducens
779:inferior
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626:Terminal
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427:See also
399:Function
298:meninges
280:Branches
239:and the
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1957:Anatomy
1902:lingual
1626:frontal
1563:lingual
1555:Nucleus
1531:Cranial
1515:Nuclei
1509:(CN XI)
1457:Hepatic
1439:Abdomen
1295:Before
1165:Before
1158:(CN IX)
1106:Nuclei
1001:foramen
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341:Greater
296:in the
265:maxilla
229:sinuses
221:maxilla
133:D008442
69:Details
1943:Portal
1924:mental
1874:buccal
1536:Spinal
1476:Nuclei
1447:Celiac
1401:Thorax
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1286:Vagus
699:Optic
514:Books
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1606:The
1349:Neck
616:The
533:ISBN
343:and
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128:MeSH
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