Superior ganglion of vagus nerve

Superior ganglion of vagus nerve

Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves. (Jugular ganglion visible near center.)
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Identifiers
Latin ganglion superius nervi vagi, ganglion jugulare
Dorlands
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g_02/12385029
TA A14.2.01.154

Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The superior ganglion of the vagus nerve or jugular ganglion is a well-marked ganglionic enlargement of the vagus nerve. It is located in the middle part of the jugular foramen. 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 Trigeminal nerve nuclei.[1]

It is a grayish color, spherical in form, and about 4 mm. in diameter.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. Netter's Human Anatomy, 4th Edition

See also



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