Cranial nerve ganglia

Cranial nerve ganglia
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Identifiers
Latin ganglion craniospinale sensorium
TA A14.2.00.007
FMA 5887

Anatomical terminology

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

Parasympathetic

The four cranial autonomic ganglia are:

However, the autonomic ganglia of the Vagus nerve (X) form lie outside of the head, frequently within the organ which they innervate. In the case of the gut, for example, the autonomic neurones do not form distinct ganglia, but rather the preganglionic neurons synapse within the Enteric nervous system.

Sensory

References

  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.


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