The anatomical and clinical relations of the sphenopalatine (Meckel's) ganglion to the nose and its accessory sinuses / by Greenfield Sluter.

  • Sluder, Greenfield, 1865-1928.
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[1909]
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Credit: The anatomical and clinical relations of the sphenopalatine (Meckel's) ganglion to the nose and its accessory sinuses / by Greenfield Sluter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE ANATOI Reprinted frt ournal for ND :CUN‘T’CAL RELATIONS OF THE SPHENOPALATINE (MECKEL’S) GANGLION TO THE NOSE AND ITS ACCESSORY SINUSES* By Greenfield Sluder, M. D., St. Louis, Mo. Anatomical Relations.—The treatises on anatomy describe the sphenopalatine (Meckel’s) ganglion “as lying in the pterygopalatine fossa close to the sphe- nopalatine foramen.” (Quain, Bardeleben, Pier- sol, Sobotta, and others.) The pterygopalatine fossa is described as “formed above by the under surface of the body of the sphenoid and the orbital process of the palate bone; in front, by the superior maxillary bone; behind, by the anterior surface of the base of the pterygoid process and lower part of the anterior surface of the great wing of the sphe- noid ; internally, by the vertical plate of the palate.”1 Neither this description nor any found in other textbooks on anatomy suggests any close relation of Meckel’s ganglion to the nose or its accessory sinuses; nor do the special treatises upon the nose make mention of such relation. As a fact, however, Meckel’s ganglion lies very close to the external bony wall of the nose, in which the sphenopalatine foramen occurs as a small deficiency at its upper posterior part. By actual measurement Meckel’s ganglion frequently lies as close as one or two mil- *Presented as “Candidate’s Thesis” to the Ameritan Laryngo- logical Association, May 5, 1909. 'This description is taken from Gray’s Anatomy, 1896. Copyright, 1909 by A. R. Elliott Publishing Company.