Inferior ganglion of glossopharyngeal nerve
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Nerve: Inferior ganglion of glossopharyngeal nerve | ||
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Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves. (Petrous ganglion visible near center.) | ||
Latin | ganglion inferius nervi glossopharyngei, ganglion petrosum | |
Gray's | subject #204 98 | |
From | glossopharyngeal nerve | |
Dorlands/Elsevier | g_02/12384571 |
The inferior ganglion of the glossopharyngeal nerve (petrous ganglion) is larger than the superior ganglion and is situated in a depression in the lower border of the petrous portion of the temporal bone.
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[edit] External links
- Norman/Georgetown cranialnerves (IX)
- MedEd at Loyola grossanatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cn9.htm
- Dictionary at eMedicine inferior+ganglion+of+glossopharyngeal+nerve
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