sphenopalatine

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• Sphenopalatine — can refer to: * sphenopalatine artery * sphenopalatine ganglion (or pterygopalatine ganglion ) * sphenopalatine nerves * sphenopalatine foramen …   Wikipedia

• sphenopalatine — I. “+ adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary sphen + palatine : of, relating to, lying in, or distributed to the vicinity of the sphenoid and palatine bones II. noun : a sphenopalatine part; specifically …   Useful english dictionary

• sphenopalatine — sphe·no·palatine …   English syllables

• sphenopalatine foramen — n a foramen between the sphenoidal and orbital parts of the vertical plate of the palatine bone also a deep notch between these parts that by articulation with the sphenoid bone is converted into a foramen * * * foramen sphenopalatinum [TA] an… …   Medical dictionary

• sphenopalatine ganglion — n PTERYGOPALATINE GANGLION …   Medical dictionary

• Sphenopalatine foramen — Infobox Bone Name = Sphenopalatine foramen Latin = foramen sphenopalatinum GraySubject = 41 GrayPage = 168 Caption = Medial wall of left orbit. (Sphenopalatine foramen labeled in upper right.) Caption2 = Left palatine bone. Posterior aspect.… …   Wikipedia

• Sphenopalatine artery — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = arteria sphenopalatina GraySubject = 144 GrayPage = 562 Caption = Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Sphenopalatine visible in upper right.) Caption2 = BranchFrom = maxillary artery BranchTo =… …   Wikipedia

• Sphenopalatine neuralgia — A distinctive syndrome of headaches, better known today as cluster headache. There are two main clinical patterns of cluster headache the episodic and the chronic: {{}}Episodic: This is the most common pattern of cluster headache. It is… …   Medical dictionary

• sphenopalatine artery — arteria sphenopalatina …   Medical dictionary

• sphenopalatine canal — canalis palatovaginalis. canalis palatinus major …   Medical dictionary