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sphenopalatine (pterygopalatine) ganglion

A small parasympathetic ganglion in the upper part of the pterygopalatine fossa. Efferents: - post synaptic fibers supply the lacrimal gland, nasal glands, palatine glands & pharyngeal glands

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pterygopalatine fossa (pteromaxillary or sphenomaxillary fossa)

General

parasympathetic ganglion

References

  1. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 412
  2. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995

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