GENICULATE GANGLION
\d͡ʒɛnˈɪkjʊlˌe͡ɪt ɡˈaŋɡli͡ən], \dʒɛnˈɪkjʊlˌeɪt ɡˈaŋɡliən], \dʒ_ɛ_n_ˈɪ_k_j_ʊ_l_ˌeɪ_t ɡ_ˈa_ŋ_ɡ_l_iə_n]\
Definitions of GENICULATE GANGLION
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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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.
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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