Pterygopalatine ganglion (illustration)

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard
Diagnosis not applicable

Diagram demonstrating greater superficial petrosal nerve having been joined by the deep petrosal nerve to form the Vidian nerve (shown) reaching the pterygopalatine ganglion which gives off including the greater palatine nerve.

Illustration by Patrick Lynch. Creative Commons license. 

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