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    The geniculate ganglion (from Latin genu, for "knee") is a bilaterally paired special sense ganglion of the intermediate nerve component of the facial...
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    segment (internal auditory canal to geniculate ganglion) tympanic (or horizontal) segment (from geniculate ganglion to pyramidal eminence) mastoid (or...
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    (RHS) and also known as herpes zoster oticus, is inflammation of the geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve as a late consequence of varicella zoster virus...
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    In neuroanatomy, the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN; also called the lateral geniculate body or lateral geniculate complex) is a structure in the thalamus...
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  • nucleus, in hearing Geniculate ganglion, of the facial nerve This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Geniculate nucleus. If an internal...
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  • signals sent along these nerves are altered and interpreted by the geniculate ganglion (a structure in the brain) as GN pain. GN may also develop following...
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  • Hunt syndrome type 2 is the reactivation of herpes zoster in the geniculate ganglion. It is sometimes called herpes zoster oticus and has variable presentation...
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    retinal ganglion cells project to the magnocellular layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus. These cells are known as parasol retinal ganglion cells,...
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    petrosal nerve as they exit the geniculate ganglion and subsequently synapse with neurons in the pterygopalatine ganglion. These postganglionic neurons...
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    trigeminal ganglion geniculate ganglion superior ganglion of the glossopharyngeal nerve inferior ganglion of the glossopharyngeal nerve superior ganglion of the...
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    the facial nerve at the geniculate ganglion. While preganglionic parasympathetic fibres pass through the geniculate ganglion, they neither synapse, nor...
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  • photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), also called photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (pRGC), or melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells (mRGCs)...
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  • ciliary ganglion pterygopalatine ganglion otic ganglion submandibular ganglion trigeminal ganglion (CN V) geniculate ganglion (CN VII) spiral ganglion (CN...
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    ganglion cell axons and glial cells; it extends from the optic disc to the optic chiasma and continues as the optic tract to the lateral geniculate nucleus...
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    cause of facial nerve palsy. Reactivation of latent virus within the geniculate ganglion is associated with vesicles affecting the ear canal, and termed Ramsay...
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    central nervous system. Just after the facial nerve geniculate ganglion (general sensory ganglion) in the temporal bone, the facial nerve gives off two...
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  • groups of ganglion cells form the receptive fields of cells in the lateral geniculate nucleus. Receptive fields are similar to those of ganglion cells, with...
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    cranial nerve, more specifically via the submandibular ganglion, chorda tympani, and geniculate ganglion ascending to the solitary nucleus in the brainstem...
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    nerve Facial nerve Femoral nerve Frontal nerve Gastric plexuses Geniculate ganglion Genital branch of genitofemoral nerve Genitofemoral nerve Glossopharyngeal...
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    or zoster sine herpete. In Ramsay Hunt syndrome, VZV affects the geniculate ganglion giving lesions that follow specific branches of the facial nerve...
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    optic nerve go to the lateral geniculate nucleus in the thalamus. These axons originate from the M, P, and K ganglion cells in the retina, see above...
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    mater called Meckel's cave. This ganglion contains only the sensory fibres of the trigeminal nerve. The geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve (VII), which...
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    20, 2008). "Types of Taste Circuits Synaptically Linked to a Few Geniculate Ganglion Neurons". Journal of Comparative Neurology. 511 (6): 753–772. doi:10...
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  • nerves VII, IX and X: The geniculate placode, associated with the first pharyngeal groove, generates the geniculate ganglion and distal parts of cranial...
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  • known as the lesser superficial petrosal nerve) from the geniculate ganglion to the otic ganglion Arise from the tympanic plexus reach the middle cranial...
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  • junction gastrohepatic ligament gastrointestinal tract gemellus geniculate ganglion geniculate nucleus geniculocalcarine tract geniculum genioglossus muscle...
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    part of the facial nerve (CN VII). Within the facial canal at the geniculate ganglion the axons branch from the facial nerve forming the greater petrosal...
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    in image forming and the more newly discovered photosensitive ganglion cells. The ganglion cells give information about ambient light levels, and react...
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    field of both eyes cross over to the opposite side)→Optic tract→Lateral geniculate body→Optic radiation→Primary visual cortex The type of field defect can...
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    optic nerve is a central tract of many axons of ganglion cells connecting primarily to the lateral geniculate body, a visual relay station in the diencephalon...
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