Medical Definition of Lesser palatine nerves

1. Usually two, these nerves emerge through the lesser palatine foramina and supply the mucosa and glands of the soft palate and uvula; they are branches of the pterygopalatine ganglion and contain postsynaptic parasympathetic and sensory fibres of the maxillary nerve. Synonym: nervi palatini minores. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lesser Palatine Nerves

lesser horn of hyoid bone
lesser included offence
lesser included offense
lesser included offenses
lesser internal cutaneous nerve
lesser knapweed
lesser kudu
lesser multangular bone
lesser nothura
lesser nothuras
lesser occipital nerve
lesser of two evils
lesser omentum
lesser palatine artery
lesser palatine foramina
lesser palatine nerves (current term)
lesser pancreas
lesser panda
lesser pandas
lesser pelvis
lesser peritoneal cavity
lesser peritoneal sac
lesser petrosal nerve
lesser prairie chicken
lesser rhomboid muscle
lesser ring of iris
lesser rorqual
lesser saphenous vein
lesser saphenous veins
lesser scaup

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