Cranial nerve ganglia

In neuroanatomy, cranial nerve ganglia are either parasympathetic or sensory ganglia of certain cranial nerves.[1] All cranial nerve ganglia are bilateral.

Cranial nerve ganglia
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Identifiers
Latinganglion craniospinale sensorium
TAA14.2.00.007
FMA54502
Anatomical terminology

Parasympathetic

The four cranial parasympathetic ganglia are:

Sensory

References

  1. Purves, Dale, George J. Augustine, David Fitzpatrick, William C. Hall, Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, James O. McNamara, and Leonard E. White (2008). Neuroscience. 4th ed. Sinauer Associates. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-0-87893-697-7.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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