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Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D005830
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Preferred Name

Geniculate Ganglion

Definitions
The sensory ganglion of the facial (7th cranial) nerve. The geniculate ganglion cells send central processes to the brain stem and peripheral processes to the taste buds in the anterior tongue, the soft palate, and the skin of the external auditory meatus and the mastoid process.
Synonyms
Superficial Petrosal Nerve
Ganglia, Geniculate
Nerve of the Pterygoid Canal
Large Superficial Petrosal Nerve
Lesser Petrosal Nerves
Nerve, Vidian
Petrosal Nerve, Lesser
Greater Petrosal Nerve
External Petrosal Nerve
Greater Superficial Petrosal Nerve
Petrosal Nerve, Superficial
Nerve, Superficial Petrosal
Petrosal Nerve, External
Superficial Petrosal Nerves
Lesser Petrosal Nerve
Ganglion, Geniculate
External Petrosal Nerves
Vidian Nerve
Greater Petrosal Nerves
Nerve, Greater Petrosal
Petrosal Nerve, Greater
Geniculate Ganglia
Nerve, Lesser Petrosal
Nerve, External Petrosal
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