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Nervous System > Ganglia > Ganglia, Sensory > Trigeminal Ganglion
Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Ganglia, Sensory > Trigeminal Ganglion
... > Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Peripheral Nerves > Cranial Nerves > Trigeminal Nerve > Trigeminal Ganglion

Preferred term

Trigeminal Ganglion  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Ganglia, Trigeminal
  • Ganglion, Gasserian
  • Ganglion, Gasser's
  • Ganglion, Semilunar
  • Gasser Ganglion
  • Gasserian Ganglion
  • Gasser's Ganglion
  • Gassers Ganglion
  • Semilunar Ganglion
  • Semilunar Ganglions
  • Trigeminal Ganglia
  • Trigeminal Ganglias

Note

  • neopl: coord IM with CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histol type of neopl (IM)

Scope note

  • The semilunar-shaped ganglion containing the cells of origin of most of the sensory fibers of the trigeminal nerve. It is situated within the dural cleft on the cerebral surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone and gives off the ophthalmic, maxillary, and part of the mandibular nerves.

History note

  • 90(75); was SEMILUNAR GANGLION see under TRIGEMINAL NERVE 1963-89

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012668

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