Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pterygopalatine ganglion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: ptery-gopalatine -gan-glion
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An autonomic ganglion of the maxillary nerve that is situated in the pterygopalatine fossa and that receives preganglionic parasympathetic fibers from the facial nerve and sends postganglionic fibers to the nasal mucosa, palate, pharynx, and orbit.

Inflected Forms

pterygopalatine ganglia (plural)

Synonyms

Meckel's ganglion sphenopalatine ganglion

Questions

What does pterygopalatine ganglion mean?: An autonomic ganglion of the maxillary nerve that is situated in the pterygopalatine fossa and that receives preganglionic parasympathetic fibers from the facial nerve and sends postganglionic fibers to the nasal mucosa, palate, pharynx, and orbit.

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