Inferior glossopharyngeal IX ganglion

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 66031007

Inferior glossopharyngeal IX ganglion

Definition

The lower group of sensory neuron cell bodies associated with the glossopharyngeal nerve[MP]. It is situated in a depression in the lower border of the petrous portion of the temporal bone[WP].

Also known as extracraniale ganglion, ganglion inferius (nervus glossopharygeus), ganglion inferius nervus glossopharyngei, ganglion of andersch, glossopharyngeal nerve inferior ganglion, glossopharyngeal nerve petrous ganglion, inferior ganglion of glossopharyngeal nerve, inferior glossopharyngeal ganglion, inferior glossopharyngeal ganglion of the glossopharyngeal (IX) nerve, ninth cranial nerve inferior ganglion — per UBERON

The Inferior glossopharyngeal IX ganglion is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as