Inferior posterior nasal branches of greater palatine nerve

Inferior posterior nasal branches of greater palatine nerve
Details
From	greater palatine nerve
Identifiers
Latin	rami nasales posteriores inferiores nervi palatini majoris
TA	A14.2.01.046
FMA	52823
*Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy* [edit on Wikidata]

The Inferior posterior nasal branches of greater palatine nerve are small nerves which largely supply the posterior aspect of the nasal cavity. They pass through small foramina in the palatine canal to supply the lateral walls of the nasal cavity - including the superior, middle, and inferior nasal concha. These nerves run alongside the lateral posterior nasal arteries, which are branches of the sphenopalatine artery.

Note that superior posterior branches of the greater palatine nerve are responsible for innervating the posterosuperior aspect of the lateral nasal cavity.

The trigeminal nerve

ophthalmic (V1)

frontal	supratrochlear supraorbital lateral branch medial branch

nasociliary	long ciliary infratrochlear posterior ethmoidal anterior ethmoidal external nasal internal nasal sensory root of ciliary ganglion ciliary ganglion

other	lacrimal

maxillary (V2)

in meninges

middle meningeal

in pterygopalatine fossa

zygomatic
- zygomaticotemporal
- zygomaticofacial
pterygopalatine
- pterygopalatine ganglion see below for details
posterior superior alveolar

in infraorbital canal

infraorbital nerve:	superior alveolar anterior middle posterior internal nasal branches

on face

mandibular (V3)

in meninges	meningeal

anterior	to muscles of mastication medial pterygoid/to tensor veli palatini lateral pterygoid masseteric deep temporal buccal

posterior	auriculotemporal otic ganglion lingual submandibular ganglion inferior alveolar mylohyoid mental

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