Medical Definition of Geniculate ganglion

1. The sensory ganglion of the facial (7th cranial) nerve. The geniculate ganglion cells send central processes to the brainstem 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. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Geniculate Ganglion

genial tubercle
genialities
geniality
genially
genialness
genian
genic
genically
genicula
genicular
genicular arteries
genicular vein
geniculate
geniculate bodies
geniculate body
geniculate ganglion (current term)
geniculate neuralgia
geniculate otalgia
geniculate zoster
geniculated
geniculation
geniculations
geniculatus lateralis nucleus
geniculocalcarine radiation
geniculocalcarine tract
geniculum
geniculum canalis facialis
geniculum nervi facialis
geniculum of facial canal
geniculum of facial nerve

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