Nerve supply to the soft palate muscles with special reference to the distribution of the lesser palatine nerve

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 495-500

  Shimokawa, Takashi ^a   Yi, Shuangquin ^a   Tanaka, Shigenori ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lesser palatine nerve; Levator veli palatini; Musculus uvulae; Palatopharyngeus; Soft palate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LESSER PALATINE NERVE; LEVATOR VELI PALATINI MUSCLE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PALATOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT PALATE; STEREOMICROSCOPY; UVULA MUSCLE;

CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PALATAL MUSCLES; PALATE; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PHARYNX; UVULA; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 25144492253     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/04-142R.1     Document Type: Article

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