Parasympathetic ganglion

Parasympathetic ganglion

Autonomic nervous system innervation, showing the sympathetic and parasympathetic (craniosacral) systems, in red and blue, respectively
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Identifiers
Latin ganglion parasympathicum
Dorlands
/Elsevier
g_02/12384744
TA A14.2.00.012
FMA 5894

Anatomical terminology

Parasympathetic ganglia are the autonomic ganglia of the parasympathetic nervous system. Most are small terminal ganglia or intramural ganglia, so named because they lie near or within (respectively) the organs they innervate. The exceptions are the four paired parasympathetic ganglia of the head and neck.

Of the head and neck

These paired ganglia supply all parasympathetic innervation to the head and neck.

Roots

Each has three roots entering the ganglion and a variable number of exiting branches.

Some ganglia also carry special sensory fibers (SVA) for taste sensation.

Nerves supplying parasympathetic fibers

Parasympathetic ganglia of the head
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