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NERVI PALATINI MINORES

Generally two, these nerves emerge through the lesser palatine foramina and supply the mucosa and glands of the soft palate and uvula; they are divisions of the pterygopalatine ganglion and contain postsynaptic parasympathetic and sensory fibres of the maxillary nerve. Synonym: nervi palatini minores.
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