Preferred Label : geniculate ganglion;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : ganglion, geniculate; ganglia, geniculate; geniculate ganglia;
DeCS synonym : Lesser Petrosal Nerve; Nerve of the Pterygoid Canal; Vidian Nerve; Greater Petrosal Nerves; Greater Petrosal Nerve; External Petrosal Nerves; Greater Superficial Petrosal Nerve; External Petrosal Nerve; Lesser Petrosal Nerves;
MeSH hyponym : Lesser Petrosal Nerves; Nerve, Lesser Petrosal; Petrosal Nerve, Lesser; External Petrosal Nerves; Nerve, External Petrosal; Petrosal Nerve, External; Greater Petrosal Nerve; Greater Petrosal Nerves; Nerve, Greater Petrosal; Petrosal Nerve, Greater; Nerve, Vidian; Nerve of the Pterygoid Canal; Large Superficial Petrosal Nerve; Superficial Petrosal Nerve; Nerve, Superficial Petrosal; Petrosal Nerve, Superficial; Superficial Petrosal Nerves;
MeSH annotation : sensory ganglion of facial (7th cranial) nerve; neopl: coord IM with CRANIAL NERVE
NEOPLASMS (IM) histol type of neopl (IM); neoplasms: coordinate with CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS histological type of neoplasm;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geniculate ganglion;
Origin ID : D005830;
UMLS CUI : C0017406;
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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.