Geniculate Ganglion [ganglion geniculatum]

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Terms

ganglion geniculi
malý skalní nerv
nervus canalis pterygoidei
nervus petrosus major
nervus petrosus minor
nervus petrosus superficialis major
nervus pterygoideus Vidii
velký skalní nerv

 

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

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Definition

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

A Anatomy
A08.340 Ganglia 60
A08.340.390 Ganglia, Sensory 16
A08.340.390.340 Ganglia, Spinal 183
A08.340.390.380 Geniculate Ganglion 2
A08.340.390.550 Nodose Ganglion 3
A08.340.390.800 Spiral Ganglion 13
A08.340.390.850 Trigeminal Ganglion 10
A08.800.350 Ganglia, Sensory 16
A08.800.350.340 Ganglia, Spinal 183
A08.800.350.380 Geniculate Ganglion 2
A08.800.350.550 Nodose Ganglion 3
A08.800.350.800 Spiral Ganglion 13
A08.800.350.850 Trigeminal Ganglion 10
A08.800.800 Peripheral Nerves 495
A08.800.800.120 Cranial Nerves 57
A08.800.800.120.250 Facial Nerve 177
A08.800.800.120.250.120 Chorda Tympani Nerve 5
A08.800.800.120.250.280 Geniculate Ganglion 2