Cranial nerve ganglia

Cranial nerve ganglia
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Latin	ganglion craniospinale sensorium
TA	A14.2.00.007
FMA	54502
	Anatomical terminology

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

Parasympathetic

The four cranial parasympathetic ganglia are:

Sensory

trigeminal ganglion (CN V)
geniculate ganglion (CN VII)
spiral ganglion (CN VIII)
vestibular ganglion aka Scarpa's ganglion (CN VIII)
superior ganglion of glossopharyngeal nerve
inferior ganglion of glossopharyngeal nerve
superior ganglion of vagus nerve
inferior ganglion of vagus nerve

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References

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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[Purves-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)