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Nervous System > Ganglia > Ganglia, Sensory > Geniculate Ganglion
Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Ganglia, Sensory > Geniculate Ganglion
... > Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Autonomic Nervous System > Autonomic Pathways > Facial Nerve > Geniculate Ganglion
... > Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Peripheral Nerves > Autonomic Pathways > Facial Nerve > Geniculate Ganglion
... > Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Autonomic Nervous System > Parasympathetic Nervous System > Facial Nerve > Geniculate Ganglion
... > Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Peripheral Nerves > Cranial Nerves > Facial Nerve > Geniculate Ganglion

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Geniculate Ganglion  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Ganglia, Geniculate
  • Geniculate Ganglia

Note

  • neoplasms: coordinate with CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS + histological type of neoplasm

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under FACIAL NERVE 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005830

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