It is the indented area medial to the pterygomaxillary fissure leading into thesphenopalatineforamen.
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It exits into the nasal cavity to supply posterior ethmoidal cells and nasal septum; here it anastomoses with thesphenopalatineartery.
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Their development and form are variable between and within species, and features of thesphenopalatinevacuities have been used as characters in cladistic analyses.
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It carries postsynaptic sympathetic nerve fibers to the pterygopalatine ganglion, also known as thesphenopalatineganglion.
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Crossing the under surface of the sphenoid, thesphenopalatineartery ends on the nasal septum as the posterior septal branches.
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Thesphenopalatinevacuities (openings in the roof of the mesopterygoid fossa, behind the palate) are also small, as are the auditory bullae.
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Sphenopalatinevacuities are usually absent, but have been reported in some populations.
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Most of their fibers are derived from thesphenopalatinebranches of the maxillary nerve.
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The roof of the mesopterygoid fossa, the opening behind the palate, is not perforated bysphenopalatinevacuities.
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The mesopterygoid fossa, the gap behind the end of the palate, is perforated bysphenopalatinevacuities, which are set far to the front.
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These processes are separated by thesphenopalatinenotch, which is converted into the sphenopalatine foramen by the under surface of the body of the sphenoid.
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These blood vessels include thesphenopalatine, anterior and posterior ethmoidal arteries.
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Its roof either is wholly ossified or contains smallsphenopalatinevacuities.
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The roof of the fossa is perforated by largesphenopalatinevacuities.
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Their palatine bones are in contact with the median; the deepsphenopalatinenotch separates the pterygoids and extends forwards to between the centre of the eyes.
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