Tags: Anatomical Structure, Nerve.
The palatine nerves (descending branches) are distributed to the roof of the mouth soft palate tonsil and lining membrane of the nasal cavity. Most of their fibers are derived from the sphenopalatine branches of the maxillary nerve. In older texts they are usually categorized as three in number: anterior middle and posterior. (In newer texts and in Terminologia anatomica they are broken down into greater palatine nerve and lesser palatine nerve.)
