Geniculate Ganglion [ganglion geniculatum]
- Terms
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ganglion geniculi
malý skalní nerv
nervus canalis pterygoidei
nervus petrosus major
nervus petrosus minor
nervus petrosus superficialis major
nervus pterygoideus Vidii
velký skalní nerv
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External Petrosal Nerve
Geniculate Ganglia
Greater Petrosal Nerve
Greater Superficial Petrosal Nerve
Large Superficial Petrosal Nerve
Lesser Petrosal Nerve
Nerve of the Pterygoid Canal
Superficial Petrosal Nerve
Vidian Nerve
The sensory ganglion of the facial (7th cranial) nerve. The geniculate ganglion cells send central processes to the brain stem and peripheral processes to the taste buds in the anterior tongue, the soft palate, and the skin of the external auditory meatus and the mastoid process.
- Annotation
- neoplasms: coordinate with CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS + histological type of neoplasm
- DUI
- D005830 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0009153
- History note
- 91(75); was see under FACIAL NERVE 1975-90
- Online note
- search FACIAL NERVE 1966-74
- Public note
- 91; was see under FACIAL NERVE 1975-90
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