Palatine nerve major
The palatine nerve (Latin for "large palatine nerve") is a nerve branch from the pterygopalatine ganglion . It runs through the large palatal canal ( canalis palatinus major ) between the palatine bone and the upper jaw and enters the hard palate at the large palatal opening ( foramen palatinum majus ) to branch out there.
The greater palatine nerve supplies the posterior (dorsal) two thirds of the hard palate and the gums of the maxillary posterior teeth in a sensitive manner. At the rear edge of the inferior turbinate , it gives off the rami nasales posteriores inferiores and other fine branches for supplying the inferior turbinate, nasopharynx , choane and the nasal surface of the soft palate .
In dentistry, the nerve can be numbed by conduction anesthesia to switch off pain in the posterior region.
literature
- Walther Graumann, Dieter Sasse: Compact textbook anatomy . Volume 4, Schattauer Verlag 2005, ISBN 9783794520640 , p. 472.