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Lesser palatine nerves
Nervi palatini minores
Definition
The lesser palatine nerve (posterior palatine nerve) is one of two palatine nerves that descends through the greater palatine canal, and emerges by the lesser palatine foramen. It is a branch of the maxillary nerve(CN V2) It also has nasal branches that innervate the nasal cavity.
It supplies the soft palate, tonsil, and uvula.
References
This definition incorporates text from the wikipedia website - Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia. (2004, July 22). FL: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved August 10, 2004, from http://www.wikipedia.org
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