| Nerve: Superior ganglion of vagus nerve | |
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| Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves. (Jugular ganglion visible near center.) | |
| Latin | ganglion superius nervi vagi, ganglion jugulare |
| Gray's | subject #205 911 |
The vagus presents a well-marked ganglionic enlargement, which is called the superior ganglion of the vagus nerve. It contains afferent somatosensory neuronal cell bodies that provide sensory information from the external auditory meatus (auricular branch), cranial meninges (meningeal branch), and the external surface of the tympanic membrane. Their central fibers synapse in the sensory trigeminal nucleus. [1]
It is of a grayish color, spherical in form, and about 4 mm. in diameter.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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