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Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion.
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Lingual nerve

Locate lingual nerve on this anatomical reference. Read the original plate labels to confirm the view and adjacent structures.

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Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion.

Image: Gray’s Anatomy (1918); illustrator attribution on original plate · Source / original · Public domain

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Pterygopalatine ganglion

Nerves & ganglia

Pterygopalatine ganglion

STRUCTURE & FUNCTION

Understand what you see.

Parasympathetic relay for lacrimal, nasal and palatal secretomotor pathways.

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01 / IDENTIFICATION

How to recognise it.

  1. Identify by its course and target
  2. Distinguish sensory, motor and autonomic components
  3. Confirm its skull-base exit or spinal origin
02 / KEY STRUCTURES

Point them out.

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Related features & study points (3)

Additional relations, attachments or microscopic details to revise alongside this plate. These are separate from its numbered image landmarks.

03 / VIVA PRACTICE

Think first. Then reveal.

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Examiner-style prompts: identify the structure, explain its relations, then answer the applied follow-up. These are revision questions, not authenticated past papers.

01Identify pterygopalatine ganglion and give its main role.
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Identify by its course and target. Distinguish sensory, motor and autonomic components. Confirm its skull-base exit or spinal origin. Parasympathetic relay for lacrimal, nasal and palatal secretomotor pathways.

02What forms the nerve of the pterygoid canal?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Greater petrosal parasympathetic and deep petrosal sympathetic fibres join.

03Which fibres synapse in this ganglion?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Preganglionic parasympathetic fibres; postganglionic sympathetic fibres traverse it.

04Point out three important relations and explain their significance.
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Pterygopalatine fossa; Nerve of pterygoid canal; V2 branch distribution. Parasympathetic relay for lacrimal, nasal and palatal secretomotor pathways. Use the reference plate to locate the region; the relationship map organises the associations and is not drawn to scale.

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