NasalRegion
Plate54
Pterygoid canal (behind ganglionic branches
connecting maxillary nerve and pterygopalatine
ganglion)
Nasopalatine nerve
(septal branch)
Posterior superior
and inferior lateral
nasal branches of
maxillary nerves
Posterior lateral nasal branches of
sphenopalatine artery
Communication between greater palatine and
nasopalatine nerves, and anastomosis between
posterior septal branch of sphenopalatine artery
and greater palatine artery in incisive canal
Anterior perspective of fossa with
lower facial skeleton removed
Artery of pterygoid canal
Pharyngeal artery
Sphenopalatine artery
Infra-orbital
artery
Posterior
superior
alveolar
artery
Descending
palatine
artery
Maxillary
artery
Superficial
temporal
artery
Anterior and middle
superior alveolar
arteries
External
carotid artery
Lesser and greater palatine arteries
Dental branches
of superior
alveolar artery
Lacrimal nerve
Maxillary nerve
Pterygopalatine ganglion
Zygomatic
nerve
Zygomatico-
temporal
nerve
Zygomatico-
facial
nerve
Infra-orbital
nerve
Middle
superior
alveolar
nerve
Posterior
wall of right
maxillary
sinus (
cut
)
Posterior
superior
alveolar
nerve
Greater
and lesser
palatine
nerves
Dental and gingival branches
(of superior alveolar nerves)
PterygopalatineFossa
See±also±
Plates 39, 41, 52
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