See Also: lesser palatine nerves(medicine)
lesser palatine foramina(medicine)
lesser palatine artery(medicine)
canals for lesser palatine nerves(medicine)
aroid(dictionary)
palatine surface of horizontal plate of palatine bone(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
lesser(dictionary)
lesser(dictionary)

lesser palatine nerves (medicine) and aroid (iou)


lesser palatine nerves (medicine)


lesser palatine nerves


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.


aroid (iou)



aroid noun & adjective. L19.
[from ARUM noun + -OID.]
Botany. (A plant) belonging to the family Araceae, exemplified by the arums.