pterygopalatine fossa

It is found in the pterygopalatine fossa.

The greater palatine canal starts on the inferior aspect of the pterygopalatine fossa.

The zygomatic nerve arises in the pterygopalatine fossa.

The other opening to the palatovaginal canal is located inferiorly and posteriorly in the pterygopalatine fossa.

The four remaining branches arise from that portion of the maxillary artery which is contained in the pterygopalatine fossa.

It connects the infratemporal with the pterygopalatine fossa, and transmits the terminal part of the maxillary artery.

It then enters the pterygopalatine fossa and joins the posterior angle of the pterygopalatine ganglion.

Alveolar branches of the maxillary nerve go from the pterygopalatine fossa to the infratemporal region via this fissure.

The sphenopalatine foramen is a foramen in the skull that connects the nasal cavity with the pterygopalatine fossa.

The maxillary nerve passes through and exits the skull via the pterygopalatine fossa and the foramen rotundum.

The third or pterygopalatine portion lies in the pterygopalatine fossa in relation with the pterygopalatine ganglion.

It then crosses the pterygopalatine fossa, inclines lateralward on the back of the maxilla, and enters the orbit through the inferior orbital fissure.

In human anatomy, the pterygopalatine fossa (sphenopalatine fossa) is a fossa in the skull.

The floor is separated from the lateral wall by inferior orbital fissure, which connects the orbit to Pterygopalatine fossa and infratemporal fossa.

The pterygoid canal runs through the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone to the back wall of the pterygopalatine fossa.

The foramen rotundum is a circular hole in the sphenoid bone that connects the middle cranial fossa and the pterygopalatine fossa.

Its branches may be divided into four groups, depending upon where they branch off: in the cranium, in the pterygopalatine fossa, in the infraorbital canal, or on the face.

The palatovaginal canal (also pharyngeal canal) is a canal between the sphenoid bone and the palatine bone that connects the nasopharynx with the pterygopalatine fossa.

Together, greater petrosal and deep petrosal nerves form the nerve of the pterygoid canal (vidian nerve) and reach the pterygopalatine ganglion in the pterygopalatine fossa.

The pterygopalatine ganglion (meckel's ganglion, nasal ganglion or sphenopalatine ganglion) is a parasympathetic ganglion found in the pterygopalatine fossa.

Below the medial end of the superior orbital fissure is a grooved surface, which forms the posterior wall of the pterygopalatine fossa, and is pierced by the foramen rotundum.

The pterygoid canal (also vidian canal) is a passage in the skull leading from just anterior to the foramen lacerum in the middle cranial fossa to the pterygopalatine fossa.

The pterygopalatine ganglion (of Meckel), the largest of the parasympathetic ganglia associated with the branches of the maxillary nerve, is deeply placed in the pterygopalatine fossa, close to the sphenopalatine foramen.

The postganglionic parasympathetic fibers of the greater petrosal nerve, upon synapsing in the pterygopalatine ganglion, will distribute to the nose, palate, and lacrimal gland through various nerves leaving the pterygopalatine fossa.

The greater palatine canal (or pterygopalatine canal) is a passage in the skull that transmits the greater palatine artery, vein, and nerve between the pterygopalatine fossa and the oral cavity.