See Also: sulcus for greater palatine nerve(medicine)
greater palatine nerve(medicine)
posterior inferior nasal branches of greater palatine nerve(medicine)
greater palatine groove(medicine)
greater palatine artery(medicine)
greater palatine canal(medicine)
greater palatine foramen(medicine)
greater splanchnic nerve(medicine)
greater petrosal nerve(medicine)
greater occipital nerve(medicine)

sulcus for greater palatine nerve (medicine)


sulcus for greater palatine nerve -->
greater palatine groove


A groove on both the body of the maxilla and the perpendicular plate of the palatine bone; when the bones are articulated the grooves form the greater palatine canal.

Synonym: sulcus palatinus major, pterygopalatine groove, sulcus for greater palatine nerve, sulcus pterygopalatinus.