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sphenopalatine ganglion

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pterygopalatine ganglion

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Words nearby sphenopalatine ganglion

sphenoid crest, sphenoiditis, sphenoidotomy, sphenopalatine artery, sphenopalatine foramen, sphenopalatine ganglion, sphenoparietal sinus, sphenopsid, sphenorbital, sphenotic, spher-

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There must therefore be an isolated ganglion in front and two ganglia, close to each other, about two-fifths of an inch back.
More Hunting Wasps|J. Henri Fabre
Do they actually wound with their dirks the ganglion whose influence is to be done away with?
More Hunting Wasps|J. Henri Fabre
Do they confine themselves to lodging their drop of poison on the ganglion, or at all events in its immediate neighbourhood?
More Hunting Wasps|J. Henri Fabre
A cinder enters the eye, the report reaches a ganglion, a motor impulse is sent forth, and the eyelid closes.
Your Mind and How to Use It|William Walker Atkinson

A single ganglion represents the nervous system, placed between the two apertures.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2|Various