Superior ganglion of vagus nerve

Nerve: Superior ganglion of vagus nerve
Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves. (Jugular ganglion visible near center.)
Latin	ganglion superius nervi vagi, ganglion jugulare
Gray's	subject #205 911
Dorlands / Elsevier	g_02/12385029

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

The vagus presents a well-marked ganglionic enlargement, which is called the superior ganglion of the vagus nerve (jugular ganglion, ganglion of the root); to it the accessory nerve is connected by one or two filaments.

It is of a grayish color, spherical in form, and about 4 mm. in diameter.

See also

• jugular foramen

External links

• Norman/Georgetown cranialnerves (X)
• superior+ganglion+of+vagus+nerve at eMedicine Dictionary

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