Sympathetic pathways through the petrosal nerves in monkeys.
Light and electron microscope observations of tiny nerve branchlets attached to the nerve of the pterygoid canal suggests that the source of sympathetic autonomic fibres in the greater petrosal nerve may not be solely confined to fibres 'recurrent' from the deep petrosal nerve, as hitherto believed.
D000818:Animals; D008251:Macaca / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008252:Macaca fascicularis / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000294:innervation*; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000033:anatomy & histology*