Back عصب صخري كبير Arabic Nervus petrosus major German Nervio petroso mayor Spanish Nerf grand pétreux French Nervo grande petroso Italian Nerw skalisty większy Polish Велики петрозни живац Serbian Великий кам'янистий нерв Ukrainian
| Greater petrosal nerve | |
|---|---|
 Alveolar branches of superior maxillary nerve and sphenopalatine ganglion. | |
 Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. | |
| Details | |
| From | Facial nerve |
| To | Nerve of pterygoid canal |
| Innervates | Parasympathetics to lacrimal glands |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | nervus petrosus major |
| TA98 | A14.2.01.117 |
| TA2 | 6289 |
| FMA | 53417 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The greater petrosal nerve (or greater superficial petrosal nerve) is a nerve of the head mainly containing pre-ganglionic parasympathetic fibres[1]: 370 which ultimately synapse in the pterygopalatine ganglion. It branches from the facial nerve (CN VII) and is derived from the parasympathetic part of the nervus intermedius component of CN VII, with its cell bodies located in the superior salivary nucleus.[2] In the connective tissue substance of the foramen lacerum,[citation needed] the greater petrosal nerve unites with the (sympathetic) deep petrosal nerve to form the nerve of the pterygoid canal (vidian nerve) which proceeds to the pterygopalatine ganglion.[2]
It forms part of a chain of nerves that provide secretomotor innervation to the lacrimal gland and mucosal glands of nasal cavity and palate.[citation needed]
- ^ Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). Elsevier Australia. ISBN 978-0-7295-3752-0.
- ^ a b Lundy, Jason A.; McNary, Thomas (2023), "Neuroanatomy, Pterygopalatine Ganglion", StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, PMID 31424892, retrieved 2023-06-04