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nerve of the pterygoid canal noun

  • (neuroanatomy) A nerve formed by the union of the greater petrosal and the deep petrosal nerves that passes forward through the pterygoid canal in the sphenoid bone and joins the pterygopalatine ganglion.
 nerf du canal ptérygoïdien
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