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    The maxillary nerve is the second division of the trigeminal nerve and carries sensory information from parts of the face. It courses through the middle cranial fossa, foramen rotundum, pterygopalatine fossa, and enters the orbit through the inferior orbital fissure. It gives off several branches that innervate parts of the face. The pterygopalatine ganglion is a major parasympathetic ganglion that receives sensory, motor and sympathetic fibers and gives rise to postganglionic fibers that innervate glands of the nasal and oral cavities. It is sometimes called the "hay fever ganglion" as increased parasympathetic activity can cause nasal swelling and secretion associated with

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    The maxillary nerve is the second division of the trigeminal nerve and carries sensory information from parts of the face. It courses through the middle cranial fossa, foramen rotundum, pterygopalatine fossa, and enters the orbit through the inferior orbital fissure. It gives off several branches that innervate parts of the face. The pterygopalatine ganglion is a major parasympathetic ganglion that receives sensory, motor and sympathetic fibers and gives rise to postganglionic fibers that innervate glands of the nasal and oral cavities. It is sometimes called the "hay fever ganglion" as increased parasympathetic activity can cause nasal swelling and secretion associated with

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    The maxillary nerve is the second division of the trigeminal nerve and carries sensory information from parts of the face. It courses through the middle cranial fossa, foramen rotundum, pterygopalatine fossa, and enters the orbit through the inferior orbital fissure. It gives off several branches that innervate parts of the face. The pterygopalatine ganglion is a major parasympathetic ganglion that receives sensory, motor and sympathetic fibers and gives rise to postganglionic fibers that innervate glands of the nasal and oral cavities. It is sometimes called the "hay fever ganglion" as increased parasympathetic activity can cause nasal swelling and secretion associated with

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    The maxillary nerve is the second division of the trigeminal nerve and carries sensory information from parts of the face. It courses through the middle cranial fossa, foramen rotundum, pterygopalatine fossa, and enters the orbit through the inferior orbital fissure. It gives off several branches that innervate parts of the face. The pterygopalatine ganglion is a major parasympathetic ganglion that receives sensory, motor and sympathetic fibers and gives rise to postganglionic fibers that innervate glands of the nasal and oral cavities. It is sometimes called the "hay fever ganglion" as increased parasympathetic activity can cause nasal swelling and secretion associated with

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    MAXILLARY NERVE & PTERYGOPALATINE GANGLION

    D.R VINAITHA M.sc Tutor -Dept Anatomy

    Distribution of 5th Cranial Nerve

    v 2nd division of Trigeminal nerve v Purely sensory v Sensations from the maxillary teeth, the skin between the palpebral fissure and the mouth, and from the nasal cavity and sinuses v Intermediate between Opthalmic and Mandibular

    COURSE OF MAXILLARY NERVE

    COURSE
    Middle of trigeminal ganglion as plexiform band

    Lateral aspect of Cavernous sinus

    Foramen Rotundum

    Cross Pterygopalatine fossa

    Enters orbit thru Inferior orbital fissure

    BRANCHES
    In the middle cranial Fossa: meningeal br. In pterygopalatine Fossa: Ganglionic Zygomatic br Posterior superior alveolar br In infra-orbital canal: Middle superior alveolar br Anterior superior alveolar br On the face: palpebral br Nasal br Superior labial br

    A. Zygoticaticotemporal B. Zygomaticofacial C. Post. Sup. Alveolar Brs D. Nasopalatine E. Greater Palatine F. Lesser Palatine G. Mid. & Ant. Alveolar Brs H. Infraorbital

    Trigeminal nerve distribution in face

    Maxillary nerve

    PTERYGOPALATINE GANGLION (Sphenopalatine Ganglion, Ganglion of Meckel)


    v v v v v v v Triangular Reddish grey Below maxillary nerve Pterygopalatine fossa Largest peripheral parasympathetic ganglion Receives a sensory, a motor, and a sympathetic root sensory root - derived from two sphenopalatine branches of the maxillary nerve v motor root - derived from the nervus intermedius through the greater superficial petrosal nerve v sympathetic root - derived from the carotid plexus through the deep petrosal nerve - join to form the nerve of the pterygoid canal before their entrance into the ganglion

    Connections
    Preganglionic fibers: Lacrimatory nucleus in the lower pons

    Facial nerve

    Nervous intermedius

    Greater petrosal nerve

    Nerve of pterygoid canal

    Pterygopalatine ganglion

    Postganglionic fibers

    Pterygopalatine ganglion

    Maxillary nerve

    Zygomatic nerve

    Greater palatine nerve

    Lacrimal nerve

    Nasal, palatine gland

    Lacrimal gland

    Pharyngeal glands

    Sympathetic: deep petrosal nerve + greater petrosal nerve nerve of pterygoid canal sensory to mucous membrane of nose, palate, nasopharynx

    Sensory: through maxillary nerve orbital, nasal, palatal and pharyngeal branches

    APPLIED ANATOMY
    Pterygopalatine ganglion ganglion of hay fever The parasympathetic supply to the nose is from the lacrimal nucleus with the fibers leaving the brain stem in the nervus intermedius. They relay in the pterygopalatine ganglion before entering the nasal cavity. An increase in parasympathetic tone causes swelling and increased secretion from the nasal mucosa. The pterygopalatine ganglion is sometimes called the hay fever ganglion

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