- geniculate ganglion
- geniculate ganglion n a small reddish ganglion consisting of sensory and sympathetic nerve cells located at the sharp backward bend of the facial nerve
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g. geniculi nervi facialis.
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geniculate ganglion
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Geniculate ganglion — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = ganglion geniculi nervi facialis GraySubject = 202 GrayPage = 902 Caption = The course and connections of the facial nerve in the temporal bone. Caption2 = Cranial nerves VII and VIII and selected structures… … Wikipedia
geniculate ganglion — noun : a small reddish ganglion consisting of sensory and sympathetic nerve cells located at the sharp backward bend of the facial nerve … Useful english dictionary
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Geniculate — Ge*nic u*late, a. [L. geniculatus, fr. geniculum little knee, knot or joint, dim. of genu knee. See {Knee}.] Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Geniculate neuralgia — Infobox Disease Name = Geniculate neuralgia Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|G|51|1|g|50 ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = Geniculate Neuralgia (GN), also called nervus intermedius neuralgia, is a… … Wikipedia
geniculate — 1. Bent like a knee. SYN: geniculated. 2. Referring to the geniculum of the facial nerve, denoting the ganglion there present. 3. Denoting the lateral or medial g. body. [L. geniculo, pp. atus, to bend the knee, fr. genu … Medical dictionary
Ganglion — The celebrated 2nd century Greek physician Galen ((c. 130 201 A.D.) who lived and worked in Rome first used the word ganglion to denote a nerve complex. Ganglion still is used to refer to an aggregation of nerve cell bodies. Another use of the… … Medical dictionary
Ganglion cell — Infobox neuron neuron name = Ganglion cell image neuron = Gray624.png caption neuron = Various forms of nerve cells. A. Pyramidal cell. B. Small multipolar cell, in which the dendrites quickly divides into numerous branches. C. Small fusiform… … Wikipedia
ganglion geniculi nervi facialis — [TA] the sensory ganglion of the facial nerve, situated on the geniculum of the facial nerve. Called also geniculate g. and g. geniculatum nervi facialis [TA alternative] … Medical dictionary
acousticofacial ganglion — a ganglion of early embryonic life, a portion of which persists as the geniculate ganglion … Medical dictionary
