Talk:Pterygopalatine ganglion

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"Sphenopalatine ganglion," not "pterygopalatine ganglion."[edit]

So, the literature apparently refers to this anatomic feature as the "sphenopalatine ganglion," not the "pterygopalatine ganglion."

According to Robbins, M. S., Robertson, C. E., Kaplan, E., Ailani, J., Charleston, L., Kuruvilla, D., … Ashkenazi, A. (2016). The Sphenopalatine Ganglion: Anatomy, Pathophysiology, and Therapeutic Targeting in Headache. Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, 56(2), 240–258. doi:10.1111/head.12729

"It has also been labeled Meckel’s ganglion, the pterygopalatine ganglion (PPG), and the nasal ganglion, but the SPG [sphenopalatine ganglion] may be the preferred historical term and has now long been entrenched in the medical literature" (p. 241; footnotes omitted).

So, change the name of the page? How?

If anyone would like to see Robbins et al., I might be able to arrange it.

MitchS (talk) 16:59, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Is there really an SNS component to the pterygopalatine ganglion? There is definitely a PSNS component (lacrimal nucleus) which is not mentioned in this article.Hnc 07:26, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I believe there is an SNS component to the ganglion, in the sense that sensory nerve fibers travel through it. (But I don't have a reference) In any case, there shouldn't be sensory cell bodies in the pterygopalatine ganglion. Robotsintrouble 17:29, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]