Ansiktsnervens (nervus facialis) känselknuta. Genikulatumgangliecellerna skickar centrala utskott till hjärnstammen och perifera utskott till tungans främre smaklökar, den mjuka gommen, den yttre hörselgångens hud och klippbenets utskott bakom örat (processus mastoideus).
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.
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Ganglion, Geniculate — Geniculate Ganglia — Ganglia, Geniculate — Lesser Petrosal Nerve — Lesser Petrosal Nerves — Nerve, Lesser Petrosal — Petrosal Nerve, Lesser — External Petrosal Nerve — External Petrosal Nerves — Nerve, External Petrosal — Petrosal Nerve, External — Greater Superficial Petrosal Nerve — Greater Petrosal Nerve — Greater Petrosal Nerves — Nerve, Greater Petrosal — Petrosal Nerve, Greater — Large Superficial Petrosal Nerve — Superficial Petrosal Nerve — Nerve, Superficial Petrosal — Petrosal Nerve, Superficial — Superficial Petrosal Nerves — Vidian Nerve — Nerve, Vidian — Nerve of the Pterygoid Canal