Superior ganglion of glossopharyngeal nerve

Superior ganglion of glossopharyngeal nerve
Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves.
Details
Identifiers
Latin	ganglion superius nervi glossopharyngei
Dorlands /Elsevier	g_02/12385018
TA	A14.2.01.136
FMA	53474
*Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy* [edit on Wikidata]

The superior ganglion is situated in the upper part of the groove in which the glossopharyngeal nerve is lodged during its passage through the jugular foramen.

It is very small, and is usually regarded as a detached portion of the petrous ganglion.

References

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

External links

cranialnerves at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (IX)

The cranial nerves

terminal

Nuclei
- Septal nuclei
Course
- no significant branches

olfactory

Nuclei
- Anterior olfactory nucleus
Course
- olfactory bulb
- olfactory tract

optic

Nuclei
- Lateral geniculate nucleus
Course
- optic chiasm
- optic tract

oculomotor

Nuclei
- Oculomotor nucleus
- Edinger-Westphal nucleus
Branches

trochlear

Nucleus
Branches
- no significant branches

trigeminal

Nuclei
- PSN
- Spinal trigeminal nucleus
- MN
- TMN
Course
- trigeminal ganglion
Branches

abducens

Nucleus
Branches
- no significant branches

facial

near origin	intermediate nerve geniculate

inside facial canal	greater petrosal pterygopalatine ganglion nerve to the stapedius chorda tympani lingual nerve submandibular ganglion

at stylomastoid foramen	posterior auricular suprahyoid digastric stylohyoid parotid plexus temporal zygomatic buccal mandibular cervical

Nuclei	Facial motor nucleus Solitary nucleus Superior salivary nucleus

vestibulocochlear

glossopharyngeal

before jugular fossa	ganglia superior inferior

after jugular fossa	tympanic tympanic plexus lesser petrosal otic ganglion stylopharyngeal branch pharyngeal branches tonsillar branches lingual branches carotid sinus

Nuclei	(Nucleus ambiguus Inferior salivatory nucleus Solitary nucleus

vagus

before jugular fossa	ganglia superior inferior

after jugular fossa	meningeal branch auricular branch

neck	pharyngeal branch pharyngeal plexus superior laryngeal external internal recurrent laryngeal (inferior) superior cervical cardiac

thorax	inferior cardiac pulmonary vagal trunks anterior posterior

abdomen	celiac renal hepatic anterior gastric posterior gastric

Nuclei	Nucleus ambiguus Dorsal nucleus of vagus nerve Solitary nucleus

accessory

Nuclei
- Nucleus ambiguus
- Spinal accessory nucleus
cranial
spinal

hypoglossal

Nucleus
Branches
- lingual

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