| sphenopalatine | Relating to the sphenoid and the palatine bones. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sphenopalatine artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, third part of maxillary; distribution, posterior portion of lateral nasal wall and septum; anastomoses, branches of descending palatine, superior labial, and infraorbital. Synonym: arteria sphenopalatina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sphenopalatine foramen | The foramen formed from the sphenopalatine notch of the palatine bone in articulation with the sphenoid bone; it transmits the sphenopalatine artery and accompanying nerves. Synonym: foramen sphenopalatinum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sphenopalatine ganglion | A small parasympathetic ganglion in the upper part of the pterygopalatine fossa whose postsynaptic fibres supply the lacrimal, nasal, palatine and pharyngeal glands. Synonym: ganglion pterygopalatinum, Meckel's ganglion, nasal ganglion, sphenopalatine ganglion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sphenopalatine neuralgia | Neuralgia of the lower half of the face, with pain referred to the root of the nose, upper teeth, eyes, ears, mastoid, and occiput, in association with nasal congestion and rhinorrhoea occurring in infection of the nasal sinuses, and produced by lesions of the sphenopalatine ganglion; ocular hyperaemia and excessive lacrimation may occur. Synonym: Sluder's neuralgia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sphenopalatine notch | The deep notch between the orbital and sphenoidal processes of the palatine bone which is converted into the foramen of the same name by the undersurface of the sphenoid bone. Synonym: incisura sphenopalatina. (05 Mar 2000) |