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nasopalatine nerve

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
na-sopalatine n-erve
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A parasympathetic and sensory nerve that arises in the pterygopalatine ganglion, passes through the sphenopalatine foramen, across the roof of the nasal cavity to the nasal septum, and obliquely downward to and through the incisive canal, and innervates especially the glands and mucosa of the nasal septum and the anterior part of the hard palate.

Inflected Forms

nasopalatine nerves (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does nasopalatine nerve mean?
A parasympathetic and sensory nerve that arises in the pterygopalatine ganglion, passes through the sphenopalatine foramen, across the roof of the nasal cavity to the nasal septum, and obliquely downward to and through the incisive canal, and innervates especially the glands and mucosa of the nasal septum and the anterior part of the hard palate.

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