Superior ganglion of glossopharyngeal nerve

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

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.

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