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Alveolar branches of superior maxillary nerve and pterygopalatine ganglion.
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Diagram of the cervical sympathetic.
The vidian nerve does not fill the foramen lacerum. The deep and great petrosal nerves join together to form the vidian nerve, which passes over the foramen lacerum. It is commonly stated that nothing passes through the foramen lacerum, but a more detailed look shows that emissary veins enter here.
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- Correction*** Deep Petrosal nerve does not have parasympathetic fibers. It comes from the Superior Sympathetic Cervical Ganglion off of the Sympathetic trunk. At this point, all sympathetic fibers are considered SYMPATHETIC-POSTGANGLIONIC (SYM-POST).
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